DUCHESSE ANNE

[Eric]

Shippax are reporting that the former Duchesse Anne will be sailing between Bari & Bar for Montenegro Lines but still operated as Dubrovnik for Jadrolinija                                         www.shippax.com/en/news/montenegro-lines-has-signed-an-agreement-with-jadrolinija-to-keep-the-bar-bari-route-open.aspx

[Andy]

Great to see that she's still providing such a sterling service down in the Med! 

[Paully]

Happy memories of a lovely ship and glad to see she is still in service

[GeoffHamer]

Jadrolinija has published new schedules for the DUBROVNIK.  She makes up to four sailings weekly between Dubrovnik and Bari, and one or two sailings weekly between Bar and Bari.

http://www.jadrolinija.hr/docs/default-source/2017-red-plovidbe/bar-bari-engB804D6757F8C777FBD4B1E9E.pdf?sfvrsn=2

[hhvferry]

She is now in traffic on the Bar route - this is her maiden arrival last week (from barinfo.me)

http://barinfo.me/text.php?kategorija=1&id=10387 states that she carried 166 passengers, nine trucks, one bus, two campers and 34 cars on her maiden crossing on the route.

[Paully]

aah fond memories...lovely ship

[Biblio]

I attended an open day a few years ago at the former Verolme yard in Cork where she was built.

They had pictures of the launch of every ship built there. We were given a tour by one of the former draughtsmen. The dry dock and machine shop are still in use repairing smaller vessels. They were machining a tailshaft for a naval patrol vessel at the time.

Whilst in uni 20 years ago , one of our lecturers had been a designer at Verolme he did the air conditioning systems !