MS ''Seatruck Pace'' is a ro-ro freight ferry operated by

Seatruck Ferries Seatruck Ferries is a UK-based freight-only ferry company which commenced services in 1996. It is a subsidiary of CLdN. It operates out of four ports on the Irish Sea, including Heysham and Liverpool. History Seatruck was established in 1996 ...

. Built by

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shipyard Astilleros de Huelva, ''Seatruck Pace'' entered service In March 2009 on the Liverpool - Dublin route, named ''Clipper Pace''.

History

''Seatruck Pace'' is the third of four new ships for Seatruck. Her service speed of over enabled crossing times between

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and

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to be reduced to six hours. Older ships like the ''Riverdance'' and ''Moondance'' took nine and a half hours to do the same journey. In February 2012, the vessel was renamed ''Seatruck Pace''. In May 2012 ''Seatruck Pace'' was chartered to DFDS and deployed on the Rosyth - Zeebrugge route.

Description

''Seatruck Pace'' is one of four "''P Series''" ro-ro freight ferries. It has a length of , a beam of and a draft of . Det Norske Veritas class the vessel as a 1A1 General Cargo Carrier - with whom ''Seatruck Pace'' is allocated the number 26468. The vessel is designed to fit in Heysham harbour ("Heysham max"). Trailers are carried over three decks. The vessel is powered by two

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8L46D, 9240 kW each, diesel engines which drive two propellers. The vessel is also equipped with two Wärtsilä CT200 bow thrusters.

Sister Vessels

Clipper Pennant A clipper was a type of mid-19th-century merchant sailing vessel, designed for speed. Clippers were generally narrow for their length, small by later 19th century standards, could carry limited bulk freight, and had a large total sail area. "Cl ...

* Clipper Panorama * Clipper Point

References

External links

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