Built in 1994 at Halic, Istanbul. Grt/Net : 4142/1243. L/B/D : 93/15.8/5.7 m. Engine: 2 Diesel, 2000 hp each.Speed : 17 knots. Capacity : 900 seats and upto 600 deck passengers. Still works in Marmara Sea. Near sister ship was M/V TDI Karadeniz.
M/V Mavi Marmara, on a winter day at Bosphorus, mid 1990s.
M/V Mavi Marmara, approaching Marmara Island pier where M/V Ayvalık used to moore some thirthy years ago, 2001.