{{Short description|Greek ferry}} {{Infobox ship|display_title=ital|section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = 20221029 Naxos 742.jpg | image_caption = ''Blue Star Naxos'' departing from Naxos. }}|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header = |country = Greece |flag = {{shipboxflag|Greece|civil}} |name = ''Blue Star Naxos'' |namesake = Island of Naxos | owner = * Strintzis Lines (2002) * Attica Group (2002–present) | operator = Blue Star Ferries | registry = Piraeus, {{flag|Greece}} | builder = Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), South Korea | yard_number = 7508 | ordered = 2000 | laid_down = 1 November 2001 | launched = 28 February 2002 | completed = 7 June 2002 | identification = * IMO: 9241786 * MMSI: 239923000 * Call sign: SZUI | status = In service |notes = Sister ship to Blue Star Paros }}|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | type = Ro-pax ferry | tonnage = {{GT|10438}} | length = {{convert|124.20|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|18.90|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | draft = {{convert|5.10|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | propulsion = 4 × Wärtsilä NSD 9L32 diesel engines | power = {{cvt|16560|kW}} | speed = * {{convert|25|kn}} (max) | capacity = * 1,474 passengers * 240 cars (360 lane meters) }}}}
'''''Blue Star Naxos''''' is a ferry belonging to the fleet of the Greek shipping company Blue Star Ferries . The ship was delivered on June 7, 2002, to what was then Strintzis Lines, which was renamed Blue Star Ferries shortly thereafter. The sister ship of ''Blue Star Naxos'' is ''Blue Star Paros''.
== Technology == ''Blue Star Naxos'' was launched at a shipyard belonging to Daewoo Shipbuilding & Heavy Machinery Ltd. and is powered by four Wärtsilä NSD-9L32 diesel engines. These engines deliver {{convert|4140|kW}} at 750 rpm each, for a total output of {{convert|16560|kW}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The ferry site |url=https://www.ferry-site.dk/ferry.php?id=9241786&lang=en |access-date=2026-01-12 |website=www.ferry-site.dk}}</ref> This allows the ship to reach a speed of almost 24 knots <ref>{{Cite web |title=Blue Star Naxos |url=https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/our-fleet/blue-star-naxos |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251119053248/https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/our-fleet/blue-star-naxos |archive-date=2025-11-19 |access-date=2026-01-12 |website=Blue Star Ferries |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>.
The ship is loaded and unloaded via three stern ramps, two of which are for pedestrians only. The design is derived from ''Blue Star Ithaki,'' which was built two years earlier, but with a modified deck layout.
== Special features == This ship is the only Greek ship for which models are produced and sold at a scale of 1:1250.
== Service == Launched on 28 February 2002 at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd shipyard in Okpo with the name ''Blue Star Naxos'' and delivered on 7 June 2002 to the Greek Blue Star Ferries, she arrived on 24 June at Piraeus <ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2012-05-27 |title=BS PAROS-BS NAXOS.10 ΧΡΟΝΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΑΙΓΑΙΟ - Ελληνική Ακτοπλοϊα |url=https://ellinikiaktoploia.net/bs-paros-bs-naxos-10-chronia-sto-aigaio/ |access-date=2026-01-12 |language=el}}</ref>. On 30 June she was christened at Naxos. The following day she started service on the routes between Piraeus, Paros, Naxos, Santorini, and Amorgos, where she still operates.<ref>{{Cite web |title=M/S BLUE STAR NAXOS (2002) |url=https://www.faktaomfartyg.se/blue_star_naxos_2002.htm |access-date=2026-01-11 |website=www.faktaomfartyg.se}}</ref>
== Sister ships == * ''Blue Star Paros'' * {{MV|Fundy Rose}} (formerly ''Blue Star Ithaki'' )
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:214227/mmsi:239923000/imo:9241786 MarineTraffic: BLUE STAR NAXOS] * [https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/our-fleet/blue-star-naxos Official Blue Star Ferries: Naxos Deck Plan]
Category:2002 ships Category:Ferries of Greece Category:Ships of Blue Star Ferries