The Naval Architect April 2009

Armorique makes Channel debut

STX Europe recently delivered a latest car-passenger ferry to Brittany Ferries for cross Channel operations.

Europe’s Helsinki yard, with her maiden voyage taking place on 10 February. The vessel, which cost around €110

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million to build, provided some 700 man years of work for the yard. Her original delivery date was given as September 2008. Named after the national park in

Brittany, Armorique has been designed specifically for use between Plymouth and Roscoff. Te hull of the vessel is identical to that

Armorique entered service in February.

TECHNICAL PARTICULARS Armorique

Builder .........STX Europe in Helsinki, Finland Owner ...................................Brittany Ferries Flag ....................................................France Length oa ........................................168.30m Length bp .......................................155.40m Breadth moulded ............................26.80m Depth moulded, to main deck ........9.30m Depth moulded, to upper decks ..............................15.60m Draught, design .................................6.30m Deadweight ..............................4200tonnes Gross Tonnage .................................. 29,500 Trailer lane metres (width 3.0 m) .......... 980 Car Lane Metres (width 2.4 m) ........... 1140 Free heights on Trailer/ car decks ................................. 5.20/3.00m

Passengers ..... 1600 seats in public spaces 248 cabins

Crew .........................24 cabins for officers , 82 cabins for crew

Main engines ........................... 2 x 12000kW (MAK 12 M 43C)

Propellers ...........................2 x Controllable pitch propeller

Speed, service 23knots (85% MCR output) Fin stabilizers ............. 1 x pair (Rolls-Royce) Classification ....UNRESTRICTED NAVIGATION, +MACH, +AUT-IMS, +AUT-PORT, SYSNEQ-1, MON-SHAFT

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of Cotentin, delivered from STX Europe in Helsinki last year, but Armorique has a much larger upper deck passenger area. Te ferry is said to be particularly fuel efficient, while CO2

offered on the main deck and upper deck and 4.6m on the tanktop. Te ship’s bow door forms a weathertight

emissions have been

kept to a minimum, by virtue of twin MaK 12 M 43 C engines, offering with 24,000kW of power. The 168.3m long and 26.8m wide

vessel has an operating speed of 23knots and top speed of 25knots. However, for environmental reasons, the ship’s hull lines have been refined so that she can achieve 19knots running on one engine. She has 980 lane metres of vehicle

space, enough for 470 cars or 60 trucks. With capacity for 1500 passengers, Armorique features a large shopping area, dedicated areas for teenagers, a cinema, and a variety of bars, restaurants and lounges. Tere are reclining seats for day passengers. A total of 248 cabins provide overnight accommodation for a maximum of 780 passengers, including a small number of suites. Armorique’s two-deck loading and

discharge allows for fast turnaround times in ports. A hydraulically-operated ro-ro equipment package from MacGregor is based on stern access and a bow door/ ramp. Clear deck heights of 5.2m are

part of the hull structure in the forebody and is divided into two sections with an intermediate joint at the ship’s centreline. Each section is attached to the hull by hinge arms, which ensure parallel motion when opening or closing. The door is arranged to provide the required clear access for the bow ramp. Each door section is operated by a

double-acting hydraulic cylinder attached to the structure and opens outboard (port and starboard) in a parallel motion. Forward access into the main vehicle deck is arranged over a three-section hydraulically-operated bow ramp comprising two main sections and an additional folding end section. When closed, the first section forms a watertight door at the collision bulkhead. Te vessel’s stern ramp and door are

built in one section and hinged at the lower end of the stern in the threshold deck. Tey are supplied with hinged shore flaps and internal bridge plates to smooth the passage of vehicles driving over them. MacGregor also supplied a hoistable

tilting ramp which is arranged between the main and upper deck..NA

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rittany Ferries took delivery of the car-passenger ferry Armorique at the end of January from STX

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