MS Superfast XI

{{Short description|Ferry}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox ship  |infobox_caption= |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=Superfast XI.jpg |image_caption=''Superfast XI'' underway }}

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|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption=<ref name="abs" /> |class=''Superfast XI'' class fast [[ropax]] [[ferry]] |type=[[Ro-pax|Ro-pax ferry]] |tonnage=*{{GT|30,902}} *{{DWT|6,678}} |length={{convert|200|m|ft|abbr=on}} |beam={{convert|25|m|ft|abbr=on}} |height= |draught= |draft={{convert|6.40|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |depth= |decks=10 |deck_clearance= |ramps= |power=*4 × [[Wärtsilä]] 12V46C diesels *combined 48000 kW<ref name=FoF /> |propulsion=*2 propellers *2 bow thrusters *1 stern thruster |speed=Service {{convert|28.6|kn|km/h mph|2}}<ref name=FoF /> |capacity=*1427 passengers *774 berths *653 cars *1920 Lane meters<ref name=FoF /> |crew= |notes= }} }}

'''[[ship prefix|MS]] ''Superfast XI''''' is a fast jumbo [[ropax]] [[ferry]] currently operating between [[Patras]]-[[Igoumenitsa]] and [[Ancona]] under [[Superfast Ferries]]. She was built in 2002 by the [[Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft]] (HDW) at [[Kiel]], Germany for [[Attica Group]]'s wholly owned subsidiary [[Superfast Ferries]].

==Concept and construction== The ''Superfast XI'' is the first ship in a pair of fast ferries built by HDW for Superfast Ferries' [[Adriatic Sea]] services. She was launched on 3 August 2001,<ref name=FoF>{{cite web |url=http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/superfast_XI_2002.htm |title=M/S ''Superfast XI'' (2002) |accessdate=8 January 2014 |last=Asklander |first=Micke |work=Fakta om Fartyg |language=Swedish }}</ref> and delivered to her owners on 10 July 2002. Her Sister ship is [[MS Superfast XII|Superfast XII]], which was deployed on the same route. ''Superfast XI'' is the 11th in a series of 12 similar ferries built for Superfast ferries at various ship yards in [[Northern Europe]].

==Service history==

The ''Superfast XI'' entered service for Superfast Ferries on 20 July 2002 on the [[Patras]]-[[Igoumenitsa]]-[[Ancona]] route, and has remained on this route since.

The ship was also used for a British children's show called [[Me Too! (British TV series)|Me Too!]], which aired between 2006 and 2008 and was used as part of some episodes.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140219010534/http://www.superfast.com/site/content.asp?artid=920&loc=2&pressYear=2002 10/7/2002 Delivery of SUPERFAST XI]

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