The ''Betancuria Express'' is a fast passenger and vehicle ferry operated by the Canary Islands ferry company Fred. Olsen Express on the route between

Gran Canaria Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa which is part of Spain. the island had a population of that ...

and Fuerteventura. It was built in 2011 by

Austal Austal is an Australian-based global ship building company and defence prime contractor that specialises in the design, construction and support of defence and commercial vessels. Austal's product range includes naval vessels, high-speed passeng ...

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

, Australia as the ''Leonora Christina'' for BornholmerFærgen.

History

The ''Betancuria Express'' was built by

, Australia for BornholmerFærgen as the ''Leonora Christina'', being completed in March 2011. It commenced operating between

Rønne Rønne ( sv, Rönne) is the largest town on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It has a population of 13,807 (1 January 2022). It was a municipality in its own right from 1970 until 2002, when Bornholm was a county ( Danish: ''Born ...

in Denmark and

Ystad Ystad (; older da, Ysted) is a town and the seat of Ystad Municipality, in Scania County, Sweden. Ystad had 18,350 inhabitants in 2010. The settlement dates from the 11th century and has become a busy ferryport, local administrative centre, a ...

in Sweden in June 2011. In April 2017, the ''Leonora Christina'' was sold to Fred. Olsen Express, although the transfer did not take place until the September 2018.Leonora Christina has been sold
''Shippax'' Since October 2018, the ship, now renamed as ''Betancuria Express'', serves the route between

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in the auto ...

and

Morro Jable Morro Jable is a locality belonging of the municipality of Pájara, in the island of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. With around 7,000 inhabitants as of 2020, it is the most populated settlement in the municipality. It was founded by Ciril ...

, in the south of Fuerteventura.

References

External links

Fred Olsen Express description of the shiptv2bornholm.dkHistorisk ballade om færgenavn
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