Tirrenia Sharden - Further Ferry Information and Vessel Description Sharden is a Ferry in service with the ferry company Tirrenia. She sails mainly on Tirrenia's Sardinian routes. Sharden was built at Castellammare di Stabia shipyard in Italy and enetered into service with Tirrenia de Navigazione in March 2005. Sharden has 320 cabins and around one thousand reclining seats. The vessel houses a first-and second-class longe, reception, two bars, cinema, restaurant, amusment and a children's play area. For full information on Tirrenia - Click Here.
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Sharden along with her identicle sister ship, Nuraghes is part of a new generation of ferries offering a very fast speed of service for ferries of their size. Standard cruise ferries travel at speeds of around 20 knots. With 4 Wärtsilä engines that deliver more than 62,000 kW of power Tirennia Sharden travels at a staggering 30 knots. The creation of the vessels set a new satndard in ferry travel with the intoduction of Fast Cruise Ferries being a cross between standard cruise ferries and High Speed Catamarans. With it's high speed services Naraghes can make the crossing between Civitavecchia and Olbia in less than 5 hours or the route between Genoa and Porto Torres in less than 8.
Sharden can accommodate 3000 passengers on board as well as more than 1000 cars.
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Despite the option of the fast crossings the Sharden highspeed services are generally only used daytime sailings in high season, when the vessel travels to high capacity therefor justifying the higher consumption of fuel. On quiet sailings Sharden will travel at a speed of between the 19 and 23 knots.
Tirrenia Sharden Ferry Statistics
- Length - 214 m
- Breadth - 26.4 m
- Draught - 6.9 m
- Speed - 30.5 knots
- Engines - 4 x Wärtsilä 12V46C
- Built - 2005
- Yard - Castellammare di Stabia, Italy
- Power - 62517 kw
- Cars - 1085
- Passengers - 3000
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