MV Panagia Tinou (1972)

Express Artemis at Piraeus in 2000
History
Name:	Hengist Stena Hengist Romilda Apollo Express 2 Panagia Ekatontapiliani Express Artemis Panagia Ekatontapiliani Agios Georgios
Owner:	Vaggelis Ventouris
Port of registry:	1972–1992: London,  United Kingdom 1992–2016: Piraeus,  Greece
Builder:	DCNS Arsenal de la Marine Shipyards
Yard number:	CF1
Launched:	29 April 1972
Acquired:	6 June 1972
In service:	16 June 1972
Identification:	Call sign: SWXF IMO number: 7205063 MMSI number: 237014500
General characteristics
Tonnage:	5590
Length:	110m
Draught:	11.23m
Speed:	19.5 knots

MV Panagia Tinou, previously MV Agios Georgios, is a roll on roll off ferry launched in 1972 as MV Hengist. She was designed to operate across the English channel and served the Folkestone-Boulogne route until 1991. She served with several operators before being sold to Vaggelis Ventouris in 2004 to serve the Greek islands and is still active as of June 2013.^[1][2] In 1987, she was beached as a result of the great storm of 1987^[3]

In April 2016, she was in danger of sinking while docked in Piraeus.^[4]

References

1. Thorton, Nigel. "MV Hengist - Past and Present". Retrieved 25 October 2013.
2. "FOLKESTONE: M.V.HENGIST". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
3. Williams, Rob (24 October 2013). "Worst weather since the Great Storm of 1987: UK to be blasted by hurricane-strength winds". The Indendent. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
4. Leclere, Matt (2016-04-26). "Panagia Tinou sinking: Greek ferry and former Folkestone to Boulogne ship famously beached after Great Storm in 1987". Kent Online. KM Group. Retrieved 2016-04-27.