# MF Prevelis

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{{short description|Ship}}
{{Infobox ship
| display_title = MF ''Prevelis''
|section1={{Infobox ship/image
 | image = Prevelis Piraeus.jpg
 | image_caption = ''Prevelis'' in [Piraeus](/source/Piraeus).
 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career
 | hide_header = 
 | country =Greece 
 | flag = {{shipboxflag|Greece|civil}}
 | name = *''Ferry Orange No 2'' (1980-1994)
          *''Preveli'' (1994-2000)
          *''Prevelis'' (2000-Present)
 | namesake = [Preveli Monastery](/source/Preveli)
 | owner = *[Shikoku Kaihatsu Ferry](/source/Shikoku_Kaihatsu_Ferry) (1980-1994)
           *[Rethymniaki Naftiliaki SA](/source/Rethymniaki_Naftiliaki_SA) (1994-1999)
           *[ANEK Lines](/source/ANEK_Lines) (1999-Present)
 | operator = *[Shikoku Kaihatsu Ferry](/source/Shikoku_Kaihatsu_Ferry) (1980-1994)
              *[Cretan Ferries](/source/Cretan_Ferries) (1994-1999)
              *[ANEK Lines](/source/ANEK_Lines) (1999-Present)
 | registry = *[Rethymno](/source/Rethymno), {{flag|Greece|civil}}
 | route = Piraeus–Milos-Santorini-Anafi-Heraklion-Sitia-Kasos-Karpathos-Halki-Rhodes
 | ordered = 
 | builder = [Imabari Shipbuilding](/source/Imabari_Shipbuilding)
 | original_cost = 
 | yard_number = 396
 | laid_down = 
 | launched = 9 November 1980
 | sponsor = 
 | christened = 
 | completed = 1980
 | maiden_voyage = 1980
 | identification = *{{IMO number|8020927}}
                    *[Call sign](/source/Maritime_call_sign): SYDL
                    *{{MMSI|239297000}}
 | fate = 
 | status = Laid Up
 | notes = 
 }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics
 | hide_header = 
 | header_caption = 
 | type = [Ro-pax](/source/ROPAX) [ferry](/source/ferry)
 | tonnage = *{{GT|15,354}}
             *{{DWT|3,300}}
 | displacement = 
 | length = {{convert|142.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
 | beam = {{convert|23.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
 | height = 
 | draft = 
 | depth = {{convert|5.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
 | decks = 
 | deck_clearance = 
 | ramps = One
 | ice_class = 
 | power = Two Pielstick-Ishakawajima-12PC2-5V [diesel engine](/source/diesel_engine)s, 8,352{{nbsp}}kW (combined)
 | propulsion = 
 | speed = 20 knots
 | range = 
 | endurance = 
 | capacity = *991 passengers
              *310 cars
 | crew = 
 | notes = 
 }}
}}

'''MF ''Prevelis''''' ({{langx|el|Πρέβελης}}) is a Ro-Pax [ferry](/source/ferry), built in 1980 by [Imabari Shipbuilding](/source/Imabari_Shipbuilding) in Japan as '''''Ferry Orange No 2''''' for ''Shikoku Kaihatsu Ferry'' ([ja](/source/%3Aja%3A%E5%9B%9B%E5%9B%BD%E9%96%8B%E7%99%BA%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC)).<ref name="ship-db">{{cite web | url=http://ship-db.de/en/nawbn.php?wbn_nr=IMZI396230 |publisher=ship-db.de |access-date=2016-10-27 |title=PREVELIS}}</ref> On 27 December 1980 she was put into service on the Toyo([ja](/source/%3Aja%3A%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%88%E6%B8%AF)) - [Osaka](/source/Osaka) route. In 1994, she was bought by ''Rethymniaki Naftiliaki SA'' and was named '''''Preveli''''' after [Preveli](/source/Preveli) Monastery. Following a refit in [Perama](/source/Perama), she started to operate on the [Piraeus](/source/Port_of_Piraeus) - [Rethymno](/source/Rethymno) route. After the 1999 acquisition of Rethymniaki by [ANEK Lines](/source/ANEK_Lines), Prevelis operates in the colors of ANEK.<ref name="ferry-site">{{cite web | url=http://www.ferry-site.dk/ferry.php?id=8020927&lang=en |publisher=ferry-site.dk |access-date=2016-10-27 |title=M/F Prevelis}}</ref>

==Route==
As of early 2023, MF ''Prevelis'' connects [Piraeus](/source/Port_of_Piraeus) with [Cyclades](/source/Cyclades), [Crete](/source/Crete) and [Dodecanese](/source/Dodecanese), calling at the ports of [Milos](/source/Milos), [Santorini](/source/Santorini), [Anafi](/source/Anafi), [Heraklion](/source/Heraklion), [Sitia](/source/Sitia), [Kasos](/source/Kasos), [Karpathos](/source/Karpathos), [Halki](/source/Halki_(Greece)) and [Rhodes](/source/Rhodes).

{{Commons category|Prevelis (ship, 1980)|MF Prevelis}}

==External links==
*[http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/ferry_orange_no_2_1980.htm M/S Ferry Orange no 2]
*[https://ellinikiaktoploia.net/prevelis-prevelis-2/  ΕΓ/ΟΓ Πρέβελης «Ο αφανής ήρωας της άγονης γραμμής της Κασοκαρπαθίας»]; archived [https://archive.today/20230507180111/https://ellinikiaktoploia.net/prevelis-prevelis-2/ here].

==References==
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Category:Ships of ANEK Lines
Category:Ships built in Ehime Prefecture
Category:1980 ships

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