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MV Sorrento (2003)
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| History | |
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 Italy | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Town of Sorrento |
| Owner | Grimaldi Group |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry |  Palermo, Italy |
| Builder | Cantiere Navale Visentini |
| Yard number | 197 |
| Launched | 18 January 2003 |
| Maiden voyage | 5 July 2003 |
| Out of service | 28 April 2015 |
| Identification | IMO number: 9264312 |
| Fate | Scrapped following fire 2015 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ro-pax ferry |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 186.50 metres (611 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 25.60 metres (84 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 6.62 metres (21 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | 2 x Wärtsilä 9L46C diesel engines 18,900 kilowatts (25,300 hp) |
| Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h) |
| Capacity |
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| Notes | Sister ships: Akeman Street, Borja, Borja Dos, Cartour, Cartour Beta, Cartour Delta, Cartour Epsilon, Cartour Gamma, Eurostar Salerno, Golfo Aranci, Golfo Degi Angeli, Lagan Viking, Mersey Viking, Norman Voyager, Partenope, Scottish Viking, Stena Forwarder, Trinacria, Visemar One, Watling Street.[1] |
Sorrento was a ro-pax ferry which was built in 2003 as Eurostar Valencia. She was renamed in 2006. On 28 April 2015, she caught fire off Mallorca, Spain.
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