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CORBIERE ferry

Post by aukepalmhof » Tue Oct 26, 2021 8:00 pm

Jersey Post has issued a set of eight stamps on 18 October to commemorate Bergerac, the popular British BBC crime drama television series set in Jersey during the 1980s. The stamps are also available as part of a Stamps Prestige Booklet incorporating two sets of stamps and additional information about the series.
Chris Elligott, Philatelic Design & Production Manager said about the eight stamp designs, “Bergerac is a classic TV series that brought the Island of Jersey to the attention of the rest of the world, enjoyed today for its nostalgic glimpse of the 1980s. The stamps show a selection of scenes and characters from various episodes, each featuring sections of the Island’s coastline in a style reminiscent of a TV show opening title sequence. For many, Detective Jim Bergerac and the plots of villains, shifty business, and glamorous love-interest often played second fiddle to views of the beautiful Island, and the series is still remembered fondly; as much a part of the Island as Jersey Cows and Jersey Royal Potatoes”.
Produced by the BBC in association with the Australian Seven Network, Bergerac originally ran from 18 October 1981 to 26 December 1991. The series was created by Robert Banks Stewart, starred John Nettles, OBE, and centers around the titular detective, Jim Bergerac, who starts out as detective sergeant in Le Bureau des Étrangers, a fictional department in the States of Jersey Police dealing with non-Jersey residents and later becomes a private investigator. Episodes follow Bergerac as he tackles cases ranging from catching jewel thieves to thwarting smugglers and even solving murders.
Bergerac showcases Jersey’s beautiful scenery so much so that the first series resulted in an increase in visitors to the Island, as people came to see the show’s main filming locations. Many of these locations can still be found today, including Jim Bergerac’s flat, which was located just a few doors down from the Sommerville Hotel above St Aubin, in the West of the Island and perhaps most famously, the Old Court House pub in St Aubin itself, which featured as ‘The Royal Barge’
https://www.jerseypost.com/about-us/new ... ac-stamps/ .

The £1.30 stamp has in the background a ferry, which has on the bow the name CORBIERE a ferry used from 1985 till 1990. In the service to the Channel Islands.
Built as a passenger roro ferry under yard no 560 by Jos L. Meyer Werft, Papenburg_Ems, Germany for Carl Bertil Myrsten, Slite, Sweden.
19 December 1969 launched as the APOLLO., christened by Isabella Myrsten.
Tonnage 4,238 grt, 1,814 nrt, 1,118 dwt, dim. 108.07 x 17.25 x 4.60m. (draught), length bpp. 96.5m.
Powered by 2 Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz SBV 12M 350 diesel engines, 6,968 kW, twin shafts, speed 18.5 knots.
Capacity 1,200 passengers.
29 April 1970 delivered to owners Rederi Ab Slite, Rederi Ab Volo, Slite, building cost 25 million Skr.
She was used in the Viking Line between The west coast of Finland via Mariehamn and Stockholm.
12 March 1976 sold to the OLAU Line A/S, Ribe, Denmark for 32 million SKr.
17 March 1976 rechristened on the Thames River in OLAU KENT.
In the service across the channel between England and the mainland,till 1977.
05 November 1980 sold to Nordisk Færgefart A/S, Faaborg, Denmark after she was sold on a public auction in Vlissingen, (Flushing), she was renamed in GELTING NORD. Homeport Nassau, Bahamas.
March 1981 in the service between Fåborg and Gelting.
From January till March a new engine installed a 2 MAN/B&W 9l32/36 diesel engine of 4.899 kW, twin shafts, speed 18.5 knots, by the Svendborgs Varv.
May 1982 till December 1982 used in the service between Hundested and Sandefjord for A/S Kattegat, after the company did run in financial difficulty she was laid up in January 1984.
March 1984 chartered by Brittany Ferries, Morlaix, France, was renamed in BENODET.
March 1985 chartered by Channel Islands Ferries, renamed in CORBIÉRE and used in the service between Portsmouth-Jersey-Guernsey and St Malo.
1986 The charter company merged with Sealink in the newly formed company British Channel Island Ferries.
May 1989 chartered by Truckline Ferries and used in the ferry service between Poole en Cherbourg.
August 1990 sold to Marne Invest, Nassau, Bahamas (SeaEscape) but the same month sold to Eckerö Line, Ltd, Douglas, Isle of Man, managed by Brittany Ferries.
October 1991 transferred to Estonia flag with homeport Tallinn, managed by Commercial Centre Inreko, Tallinn.
03 November 1991 in the service between Helsingfors and Tallinn for the Estonian New Line and renamed LINDA 1.
31 December 1994 chartered by Inreko Laeva A/S and transferred to Bahama flag with homeport Nassau.
January 1995 was renamed in APOLLO.
26 April 1995 sold to Rederi Ab Eckerö in Eckerö.
05 May 1995 chartered by Oy Esstin Linjet Ab Ltd, Mariehamn and used in the service between Helsingfors and Tallinn.
October 1997 laid up in Mariehamn.
18 May 1998 Chartered as Hotel Ship in Viborg, Russia for six months.
1998. During the autumn, laid up in Mariehamn.
09 September 1998 – December 1998. Chartered by Tallink. In the service between Kapellskär - Paldiski as a cargo ferry.
24 January 1999 arrived at Turku ships repair yard.
11 February 1999 chartered to Nordisk Færgefart, A / S, Faaborg, Denmark.
01 March 1999. In service between Bagenkop - Kiel. The shipping company has a right of first refusal on the ferry after 5 months if tax-free was allowed to remain, which, however, did not happen.
13 March 1999 went aground outside Bagenkop and had a leak in the bottom tanks. Got refloated the same day and went to Kiel. Then towed to Lindenau Werft with a 20-degree tilt. The local fire brigade had to pull out and pump oil-water out of tanks and engine rooms to prevent the ship from capsizing.
24 March 1999 again in service.
02 July 1999 laid up in Mariehamn.
15 December 1999. sales Agreement to Labrador Marine Inc, Goose Bay, Labrador, New Foundland, Canada
01 February 2000 sold to Labrador Marine Inc (Woodward Group of Companies), Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada (home port of St John, New Foundland).
02 February 2000 departed Mariehamn for Canada.
18 February 2000 arrived in St John, New Foundland, Canada.
2000 05 01. Deployed for the Woodward Group between St Barbe - Blanc Sablon.
2008 01 10. A fire broke out onboard a ship, which could be extinguished quickly.
2019 01. Completed traffic.
17 January 2019 sold to Société des traversiers du Québec, Quebec, Canada.
28 January 2019 arrived in Matane, Canada.
January 2019 in service between Matane - Baie-Comeau / Godbout.
25 February 2019 collided with the pier at an extension in Godbout and got a hole in the bow thruster. Repaired in Matane.
10 March 2019. Again in traffic.
16 March 2019 collided with the pier in Matane, got damage to the propeller and the bow thruster.
The Société des Traversiers du Québec (STQ) has decided to remove the passenger ship Apollo (IMO 7006314) from its fleet following a collision on March 16th that damaged the ship.
30 March 2019 arrived in Quebec for laying up.
November 2020 sold to local scrapers in Canada. The intention was that the ship would be sunk as an artificial reef, but those plans were shelved due to financial problems.
02 August 2021 she left Quebec under tow of the tug MIRJANA K bound for Aliaga, Turkey.
05 September 2021 arrived in Aliaga, Turkey.
08 September 2021 she was beached for scrapping.

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