Marina (ship)
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.jpg/300px-Losinj_Plovidba_ship_Marina_(3).jpg) The Marina in Pula, Croatia |
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| Career (Sweden, SFR Yugoslavia, Croatia) |    |
|---|---|
| Name: | Kronprinsessan Ingrid (1936-1955) Christofer Polhem (1955-1963) Marina (1963-present) |
| Builder: | Frederikshavn Værft & Flydedok |
| In service: | 1936 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 1,417 t |
| Installed power: | 1.736 kW |
| Capacity: | 320 passengers, 50 vehicles |
The Marina (previously named as Kronprinsessan Ingrid and Christofer Polhem) is a ferry built in 1936 and operated by two Swedish and later by a Yugoslav/Croatian company. It was retired in 2006 and plans exist to transform it into a restaurant.
[edit] History
The ship was built in 1936 by Frederikshavn Værft & Flydedok for Rederi Ab Göteborg-Frederikshavns Linjen (Sessan Linjen) and named Kronprinsessan Ingrid. She was used for service between Göteborg and Frederikshavn. Sold in 1955 to Ångfartygs Ab Gotland, and renamed Christofer Polhem, she worked during summer on routes Nynäshamn-Visby-Oskarshamn (1955-1962) and Nynäshamn-Visby-Västervik (1963).
Christofer Polhem was sold in 1963 to Expresslinjen Ab, Stockholm and renamed as Marina. In 1964 and 1965 she sailed on the route between Gräddö and Mariehamn, and from 1966 to 1969 between Stockholm and Mariehamn. On On August 1969, Marina was involved in a collision with a German freighter, the Lucy Essberger. In the same year, after being laid up, she was sold to the then-Yugoslav company Lošinjska Plovidba Brodarstvo in, retaining the name Marina.
In 1970 Marina operated between Rijeka-Cres-Rabac, followed by a Pula-Mali Lošinj-Zadar service in 1971. Until its disruption during the Yugoslav wars in 1991, Marina operated on the Pula-Poreč-Venice and the Pula-Poreč-Silba-Venice route. From 1994, Marina returned to the service on the Zadar-Silba-Mali Lošinj-Pula-Venice route, followed by Zadar-Silba-Mali Lošinj-Pula-Koper in 2003.[1]
