MS SeaFrance Cézanne

Fiesta leaving Hamburg in 1989.
History
Name
  • Western Light (2011–2012)
  • SeaFrance Cézanne (1996–2011)
  • Fiesta (1990–1996)
  • Channel Seaway (1989–1990)
  • Fantasia (1988–1989)
  • Trapezitza (1981–1988)
  • Soca (1980–1981)
  • Ariadne (1980)
Owner
  • Kimya Shipping Inc (2011–2012)
  • S.N.A.T. (1999–2011)
  • Societé Propietaire des Navaires (1990–1999)
  • Sealink British Ferries (1988–1990)
  • So Mejdunaroden Automobilen Transport (1981–1988)
  • Rederi AB Nordö (1980–1981)
Operator
  • SeaFrance (1996–2009)
  • SNCF (1990–1996)
  • Sealink British Ferries (1988–1990)
  • DFDS Seaways (1988)
  • Callitzis (1986–1988)
  • MedLink (1981–1986)
  • UMEF (1980–1981)
  • Rederi AB Nordö (1980)
Port of registryBelize,  Belize
Ordered23 February 1979
BuilderKockums Varv AB, Sweden
Yard number568
Launched13 October 1979
Christened13 October 1979
In serviceFebruary 1980
Out of service14 February 2009
Identification
FateScrapped in India 2011
General characteristics
Tonnage8,920 GRT
Length163.51 m (536 ft 5 in)
Beam23.04 m (75 ft 7 in)
Draught28.4 m (93 ft 2 in)
Propulsion2 × Sulzer 7RLA56
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)

MS SeaFrance Cézanne was a ferry launched in 1979 as Ariadne. Starting life in the Mediterranean, she had spent the majority of her career serving the Dover-Calais cross channel ferry route with successive operators, Sealink, SNCF & SeaFrance, and was taken out of service in February 2009 and scrapped in 2011–2012

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