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HSC Silvia Ana L (marketed as Silvia Ana) is a high-speed ferry

Ferry

A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...

owned and operated by Color Line on a route connecting Kristiansand

Kristiansand

-History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...

, Norway

Norway

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to Hirtshals

Hirtshals

Hirtshals is a town in Hjørring municipality in Region Nordjylland on the north coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark, Europe.-The town of Hirtshals:...

, Denmark

Denmark

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. She was built in 1996 by Bazans Fernando Shipyard, Cadiz

Cádiz

Cadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia....

, Spain

Spain

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for the Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

-based Buquebus

Buquebus

Buquebus is a Uruguayan company which operates ferry services from Montevideo, Colonia and Piriapolis to Buenos Aires. The company also operates a fleet of coaches to Termas del Arapey, Termas del Dayman, Salto, Uruguay, Carmelo, Atlántida, Punta del Este, La Paloma, La Pedrera and Punta del Diablo...

. She is the second largest one-fuselage high speed ferry in the world.

History

The Silvia Ana L was delivered in December 1996 to Los Cipreres for Buquebus

Buquebus

traffic between Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

and Piriapolis

Piriápolis

Piriápolis is a city in the Maldonado Department of Uruguay. It is located on the coast of Río de la Plata, on Route 10 and its intersection with Route 37. It is about east of the national capital, Montevideo . Piriápolis is an important summer resort in the country, predating the larger and more...

, Uruguay

Uruguay

. She was originally registered in Montevideo

Montevideo

Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

, Uruguay. In March–April 1997 the ship was upgraded in Cadiz

Cádiz

Cadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia....

, after which her home port was changed to Nassau

Nassau, Bahamas

Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...

, Bahamas. From that year onward she was chartered to Color Line between April and September each year, who used her on the Kristiansand

Kristiansand

—Hirtshals

Hirtshals

route. For the rest of the year she returned to Los Cipreres' Buenos Aires—Piriapolis service. This arrangement continued until April 2000, when the ship was sold to MDFC Aircraft.

Following the purchase by MDFC Aircraft the Silvia Ana L but chartered to Color Line, who continued to operate her on the Kristiansand—Hirsthals route. Color bought the ship in 2005. In October 2007 the ship collided with M/S Stena Danica in Fredrikshavn harbour while en-route to Örskov shipyard, Fredrikshavn. On 13 November 2007 the Silvia Ana L was sold to Buquebus, and is due to enter service with them on 12 December 2007. On the 15th December 2007, the Silvia Ana L began work on the fast speed ferry service from Buenos Aires to Montevideo and Buenos Aires to Colonia del Sacramento.

Onboard

Restaurants & Cafés

Snackbar
Seaside Café
Express Café
Captains Class, like Business Class including buffet
Cafè Maritim

Activities

Color Land

Bars, Nightclubs & Entertainment

Express Bar

Shopping

Tax Free Supermarket
Color Shop & Perfume Shop

External links

Buquebus (Company website)

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