Ventouris Ferries
MS Theofilos was owned by whom from 1994 to 1995?
MS Theofilos MS Theofilos is a passenger/vehicle ferry built at the Nobiskrug shipyard in Rendsburg , Germany in 1975 . History . MS Theofilos is a passenger/vehicle ferry that was built at Nobiskrug in Rendsburg for the TT-line ( Germany ) as the Nils Holgersson ( 3 ) for the Travemünde - Trelleborg route in 1975 along with her sister Peter Pan ( 2 ) . In 1985 it was purchased and renamed Abel Tasman by TT-line ( Tasmania ) and after the Australian National Line ( ANL ) announced they would be pulling out of the Bass Strait run , so the Australian Federal Government gave the Tasmanian Government the capital required to buy a suitable ferry , in compensation for placing the environmentally-sensitive Gordon River off-limits to Hydro Tasmania power generation schemes . This ship turned out to be the Nils Holgersson ( 3 ) from the TT-line ( Germany ) , which also came with an option to buy her sister ship Peter Pan ( 2 ) one year later ( which never came to pass ) . The ship was named after Abel Tasman , the first known European to reach the islands of Van Diemens Land ( now Tasmania ) . She first went back to her builders yard for a refit , and for a large box-like structure to be added to the stern of the ship for the crew , because the Australian maritime union rules did not allow the crew to be under the car deck , which is where the crew cabins were . She left Rendsburg on 22 April 1985 , but two days later she was stopped by an industrial dispute with the stewards . She first went to Brunsbuttel , but had to continue through the Kiel Canal , and into Kiel where she docked . The Tasmanian Government sent police to West Germany to end the dispute and get the ship underway , but on arrival the police were powerless in West Germany . So the Tasmanian Government had to change laws to empower them to resolve the problem , and she resumed her trip and left Kiel on 18 May 1985 . She then sailed to Australia , going straight to Devonport and not via Queensland and New South Wales as had been planned . She started on the Devonport–Melbourne route on 1 June 1985 from Melbourne . Her former Captain Rudolf Schonfeldt , sailed with the ship to Australia from Germany to advise the crew , unfamiliar with the new ship . In 1993 , she was laid up following the arrival of the much larger Spirit of Tasmania . In 1994 , she was sold to Ventouris Ferries and renamed the Pollux . In 1995 she was again sold , this time to the Maritime Company of Lesvos and operated by Nel Lines , renamed Theofilos for the Piraeus–Chios–Mytilini route with calls sometimes in Thessaloniki and Limnos . On 28 June 2008 , Theofilos ran aground on a reef of rocks of the island of Oinousses about 10 nm from the island of Chios . She suffered serious damage to her port side hull , a 15–20 metres slash causing flooding of a water tight compartment , she subsequently developed a 2.5 degree list . The ship was repaired , with an estimated cost to Nel Lines underwriter , The West of England Shipowners of €5 million euros . Once the repairs were completed , she returned to normal service on 16 May 2009 . Since January 2018 Theofilos has been laid up at Elefsina Greece ( Near Athens ) following her owners declaring bankruptcy . Since January 2020 she is under the flag of Togo . Sister ship . In 1986 the M/S Peter Pan ( 2 ) was renamed Robin Hood to free the name for the larger Peter Pan ( 3 ) ( later Spirit of Tasmania ) . In 1987 , she was sold to Minoan Lines and renamed Fedra . In 2004 she was transferred over to Hellas Ferries , then sold to Sea Hawk Marine , operated by Comanav . Later that year she was renamed Guido for a short time . She was then bought by Messrs Funtots , S.A . ( El Salam Maritime ) and renamed Ouzoud . She then operated under Comanav for six years on the 48-hour route from Genoa ( Italy ) – Tangier ( Morocco ) . In January 2010 , it was reported that Ouzoud has been sold to India for demolition . External links . - Ships of Bass Strait - TT-Line-Tasmania Website , Photos - Photos of Tasmanian ferries