{{Short description|Roll-on roll-off ferry}}{{redirect|MS Northern Star|other uses|Northern Star (disambiguation)}} {{for|other ships|Celtic Star}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=Celtic Star (IMO 9009633) Dublin 2009 © Leo Johannes.jpg | image_caption= ''Celtic Star'' entering Dublin }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |registry=*{{flag|Japan}} (1991–1999) *Limassol, {{flag|Cyprus}} (1999 – 2014)<ref name=Ferry/> |flag= |name=*''Ippotis'' (2010 – 2014) *''Celtic Star'' (2006–2010) *''Northern Star'' (2002–2006) *''Celtic Star'' (1999–2002) *''Loon-Plage'' (1998–1999) *''Ioalaos'' (1998) *''Kosei Maru'' (1991–1998)<ref name=Ferry/> |owner=*Eptanisos Maritime (1998 – 2013) *Kanko Kisen KK (1991–1998)<ref name=Ferry/> |operator=*NEL Lines (2010 – 2013) *border|20px P&O Irish Sea (2008–2010) *Seatruck Ferries (2007–2008) *Celtic Link Ferries (2006–2007) *CoTuNav (2004–2006) *Dart Line (2003–2004) *border|20px P&O Irish Sea (1999–2003) *border|20px DFDS Tor Line (1999) *East Coast Ferries (1998–1999) *Kanko Kisen KK (1991–1998)<ref name=Ferry/> |ordered= |builder= Kanda Zosencho K.K., Kawajiri, Japan<ref name=Ferry/> |yard_number= 337<ref name=Ferry/> |laid_down= |launched= 1 August 1991<ref name=Ferry/> |completed= |christened= |acquired= |in_service= |out_of_service= |homeport= |fate= Scrapped at Aliaga, Turkey 2014 |identification=*{{IMO Number|9009633}}<ref name=Ferry/> *Callsign P3CUB }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class= |tonnage= {{GT|11,086}} |displacement= |length= {{convert|136|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |beam= {{convert|20.50|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |height= |draught= {{convert|6.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |draft= |depth= |ice_class= |sail_plan= |power= {{convert|13240|kW|hp}} |propulsion= 2 × Pielstick diesel engines |speed= {{convert|20.8|kn}}<ref name=Ferry/> |capacity= 12 passengers,<ref name=Ferry/> 53 trailers |crew= |notes= }} }}
'''MV ''Ippotis''''' was a roll-on/roll-off ferry owned and operated by Eptanisos Maritime on the Ibiza–Barcelona route.
==History==
''Ippotis'' was launched in 1991 as the ''Kosei Maru'' for Kanko Kisen KK.
* 1998 she was sold to Strintzis Lines and renamed ''Ioalaos''. * Later in 1998 she was renamed ''Loon-Plage'' and sold to East Coast Ferries. * 1999 she was sold to DFDS Tor Line, renamed ''Celtic Star'' and put into service on the Rotterdam–Immingham route. * April 1999, she was sold to P&O Irish Sea Lines for service on the Liverpool–Dublin route. ''Celtic Star'' was reflagged to Cyprus in May 1999. * 2002 she was renamed ''Northern Star'' and transferred to the Larne–Liverpool route. * 2003; sold to Dart Line for service on the Dartford–Vlissingen route. * 2004; sold to CoTuNav Tunisian Ferries for service on the Tunis–Livorno route. * 2006; sold to Celtic Link Ferries and renamed ''Celtic Star''. She was used on the Dublin–Liverpool route. * 2007; acquired by Seatruck Ferries, remaining on the Dublin–Liverpool route.<ref name="Ferry">{{cite web | url = http://www.ferry-site.dk/ferry.php?id=9009633&lang=| publisher = The Ferry Site| title = M/F Celtic Star| accessdate = 23 March 2008}}</ref><ref name="Irish">{{cite web| url = http://www.irish-ferries-enthusiasts.com/celticlinkfleet.htm| publisher = Irish Ferries Enthusiasts| title = Celtic Link Ferries| accessdate = 23 March 2008| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20050407140146/http://www.irish-ferries-enthusiasts.com/celticlinkfleet.htm| archivedate = 7 April 2005| df = dmy-all}}</ref> * 2008; ''Celtic Star'' was chartered to P&O Irish Sea, remaining on the Liverpool–Dublin route.<ref name="Ferry" />
In 2014 ''Ippotis'' scrapped at Aliaga, Turkey
==Incidents==
Shortly after entering service with East Coast, ''Celtic Star'' ran aground.<ref name=Larne>{{cite web|url=http://www.larneferryweb.com/routes/lalp/N_Star.htm |publisher=Larne Ferryweb |title=Northern Star |accessdate=24 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816175924/http://www.larneferryweb.com/routes/lalp/N_Star.htm |archivedate=16 August 2007 }}</ref>
On 30 November 2006, eight trailers were washed overboard on a crossing from Dublin to Liverpool.<ref name=Lost>{{cite web| url = http://homepages.enterprise.net/hyland/maps/travel/ferry_roro.html| publisher = Hyland| title = Getting Places – Ro Ro Ferries| accessdate = 23 March 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927015137/http://homepages.enterprise.net/hyland/maps/travel/ferry_roro.html| archive-date = 27 September 2007| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name=Rough>{{cite web|url=http://www.merseyshipping.co.uk/photofeatures/shipco/celticlink/celticstar011206/celticstar011206.htm |publisher=Merseyshipping |title=Celtic Star – A Rough Crossing?! |accessdate=23 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120040427/http://www.merseyshipping.co.uk/photofeatures/shipco/celticlink/celticstar011206/celticstar011206.htm |archivedate=20 November 2008 }}</ref>
On 1 February 2010, ''Celtic Star'' came into contact with a buoy in the Mersey estuary.<ref name=MAIB>{{cite web|url=http://www.maib.gov.uk/latest_news/current_investigations.cfm |title=Current investigations |publisher=Marine Accident Investigation Branch |accessdate=6 February 2010}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{Seatruck Ships}} {{P&O ships|pandoro=no|euro=no|ferries=no|stena=no|portsmouth=no|north=no}}
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