MV Leif Ericson
Leif Ericson
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| Builder: | Fosen Yards, Norway |
| Yard number: | 50 |
| Laid down: | 13 March 1990 |
| Launched: | 4 October 1990 |
| Completed: | 1 May 1991 |
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| Status: | In service |
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| Beam: | 24.3 m (79.7 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.9 m (25.9 ft) |
| Depth: | 13.2 m (43 ft) |
| Ice class: | DNV ICE-1B |
| Installed power: | 2 x Sulzer 8 ZAL40S diesels |
| Propulsion: | 2 x controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
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The MV Leif Ericson is a commercial passenger/vehicle ferry in service with the Canadian operator Marine Atlantic. She is currently the oldest vessel in the Marine Atlantic fleet.
The vessel was built in Fosen, Norway in 1991 as the MS Stena Challenger for Stena Line. She originally operated across the English Channel between Dover, England, and Calais, France.
The vessel was purchased by the Government of Canada for its Crown corporation Marine Atlantic in 2001 and underwent modifications in preparation for operating the 178 km route between North Sydney, Nova Scotia and Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador.
She was renamed Leif Ericson in honour of the 1000th anniversary of Leif Ericson's settlement in Newfoundland, reportedly the first European to set foot in the "New World".
In June 2010, Marine Atlantic announced an extensive midlife refit of approximately $18 million over the next twelve months for the MV Leif Ericson.
In May 2015, she was in Deyton's Shipyard, Charleston, SC for repainting and other repairs.
On 19 September 1995 Stena Challenger ran aground on Blériot Plage whilst waiting to enter the port of Calais.
On 26 October 2006 Leif Ericson collided with a concrete structure in Port aux Basques after losing power.
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