Ventouris Ferries (the Greek letter B on the funnel is the V in our alphabet) bought the [i]Pegasus[/i] in 1994 from Italy. She was built in 1977 as [i]Espresso Venezia[/i]. Ventouris used her for two years on the Greece - Italy run, then moved her to the Piraues - Cyclades route. Inevitably the ship became part of Hellas Ferries, renamed [i]Express Dinoysos[/i]. Renamed [i]Express Pagasus[/i] in 2002, she is still in service with this company, which is now Hellenic Seaways. There were four "Espresso"'s, at one time all of them in the fleet of Adriatica, and I think this was an attractive quartet. The [i]Express Pagasus[/i] in the livery of Hellenic Seaways is really something special! Click website.

About the picture: Scanned from a colour slide (dia). Place and date: Piraeus, 1998. Please credit Photo © Fleet File Rotterdam when you save the scan to your computer.