| | | Mv Kapella ex Cord Adeler, Duke of Yorkshire, Marine Evangeline, Spirit of Boulogne, Marine Evangeline | | | |  | | | | © Fotoflite, Nicolas Levy Collection Steel twin screw motor vessel, built in 1974 by Kristiansands Mekaniske Verksted, Kristiansand, Norway (Yard No. 221), for A/S Larvik-Frederikshavnferjen, Larvik, Norway. | | | |
| | | |  Technical Data
| | | | | | | | | Length | 110.14m (overall), 99.08m (between perpendiculars) | | | | Breadth of hull | 17.51m (extreme), 17.48m (moulded) | | | | Draught | 5.776m (max) 4.53m | | | | Tonnage | 2,793 gross (7,564 ‘69), 1,601 net (2,270 ‘69), 1,856 deadweight (3,548 1984) | | | | Engines | Four 16-cylinder Normo-Gruppen A/S diesels. | | | | Power | Power - 7504kW (10,202 bhp) | | | | Speed | 18.5 knots (max), 14.5 knots (service) | | | | Capacity | 50 passengers, 590 lane metres | | | | Call sign | VCQK (MARINE EVANGELINE 1978), ESIC (KAPELLA) | | | | IMO Number | 7369118 | | | | Registry | Larvik (1974), Scheveningen (1975), Yarmouth N.S., Canada (1978), Dieppe (1986), Nassau (1993), Tallinn (1998) | | | |
| | |  History
| | | | | | | January 26th 1974: Launched as CORD ADELER. June 6th 1974: Delivered to A/S Larvik-Frederikshavnferjen, Larvik, Norway. June 9th 1974: Chartered to Norfolk Line, Scheveningen, Holland. Renamed DUKE OF YORKSHIRE. June 11th 1974: Commenced services between Scheveningen - Middlesborough October 14th 1975: Transferred to the Dutch ships register. November 15th 1975: Sold to Unilever Norfolk Line, Scheveningen, Holland. June 28th 1976: During a journey from Teesport to Esbjerg suffered an engine-room fire. Towed to Rotterdam for repairs. June 30th 1976: Arrived in Rotterdam. Repairs took seven weeks.
© Fotoflite, Andreas Wörteler Collection
January 1977: Chartered to P&O Normandy Ferries for two weeks. Operated Dover - Boulogne. January 1977: Chartered to an unknown shipping company and began operations Sheerness - West Africa. March 1978: Sold to CN Marine, Halifax, Canada. Left Rotterdam for St John for conversion at a Newfoundland Dockyard. March 1978: Renamed MARINE EVANGELINE. Registered to Royal Lease, Ltd, Yarmouth, Canada. April 1978: Inaugural sailing Yarmouth - Portland. March 30th 1983: inaugural sailing Yarmouth - Bar Harbour. December 8th 1985: Left North Sydney for Dieppe. December 23rd 1985: Arrived Dieppe. 1986: Registered to CN Marine Inc, Yarmouth, Canada. 1986: Registered to Marine Atlantic Dieppe, France.
 
Courtesy of Andy Gilbert
October 24th 1986 - April 24th 1986: Chartered to Dieppe Ferries (SNCF) for services between Dieppe - Newhaven. April 24th 1986 - April 29th 1986: Laid up in Dunkerque. May 2nd 1986: Chartered to RoRo Ferries, commenced operations between Rosslare - Pembroke Dock. December 1986: Chartered to Dieppe Ferries (SNCF) for services between Dieppe - Newhaven. September 22nd 1988: Arrived St John, Newfoundland for further lay up. 1989: Commenced operations for Marine Atlantic. 1992: Chartered to Opale Ferries, Boulogne, France. Inaugural service Boulogne - Folkestone.
 
© Andreas Wörteler
July 1992: Underwent berthing trials at Ramsgate.
 
© Ken Larwood
July 4th 1993: Opale Ferries went bankrupt. July 4th 1993: Chartered to Meridian Ferries, Folkestone, England. Renamed SPIRIT OF BOULOGNE. Transferred to Bahama flag, home port Nassau. July 4th 1993: Inaugural sailing Folkestone - Boulogne.
  
© Ken Larwood (left and middle) and © Andreas Wörteler (right)
July 5th 1994: Ran aground near Boulogne. 1994: Rebuilt
© Frank Lose
March 15th 1995: Meridian Ferries went bankrupt and she was laid-up in Boulogne. 1995: Returned to Marine Atlantic, laid up in Dover. Renamed MARINE EVANGELINE.
Dover May 1995 © Ken Larwood
June 21st 1995: Chartered to Sealink Stena Line, commenced services between Newhaven - Dieppe. October 13th 1995: Inaugural sailing between Stranraer - Belfast.
© Alan Geddes 16/11/95
April 2nd 1996: Began operations Newhaven - Dieppe.
  
Courtesy of Andy Gilbert (left) and © Andreas Wörteler (middle and right)
October 1996: Charter completed and laid up in Southampton. October 1997: Chartered to Hansatee Oy, Tallinn, Estonia. October 31st 1997: Inaugural sailing for Tallink between Kapellskär - Paldiski. August 1998: Sold to Hansatee Oy, Tallinn, Estonia. Renamed KAPELLA.
© Andreas Wörteler
December 1998: Suffered an engine-room fire whilst arriving at Kapellskär. January 1999: Returned to service. March 2004: Inaugural sailing between Tallinn - Helsingfors. March 2006: Inaugural sailing between Paldiski - Kapellskär.
© Aleksi Lindström
January 2007: Commenced services between Tallinn - Helsingfors. April 2007: Commenced services between Paldiski - Kapellskär. October 2008: Laid up in Paljassaare (Lahesuu anchorage), Tallinn. 2008: Registered Owner : Tallink Group, Estonia Ship Manager: HT Shipmanagement, Estonia | | | | | | | | | |
| | | All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions found. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Nicolas Levy, Alan Geddes, Andy Gilbert, Ken Larwood, Aleksi Lindström, Frank Lose and Andreas Wörteler for there assistance in compiling this feature. | |
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