Month: August 2012
MV Galloway Princess – Past and Present
Sealink
2nd November 2020
MV Galloway Princess – Past and Present
MV Moroccan Sun, ex Le Rif, Stena Galloway, Galloway Princess - Steel twin screw motor vessel, built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast (Yard No. 1713), for Sealink U.K. in 1980…
MV St Christopher – Past and Present
Compagnie Marocaine de Navigation (COMANAV)
1st October 2020
MV St Christopher – Past and Present
MV European Star, IBN Batouta, ex Stena Antrim, St Christopher - Steel twin screw motor vessel, built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast (Yard No. 1716) for Sealink U.K. in 1980…
MV Senlac – Past and Present
British and Irish Steam Packet Company (B&I Line)
2nd November 2018
MV Senlac – Past and Present
MV Apollon, ex Express Apollon, Apollo Express, Senlac - Steel twin screw motor vessel built at the Arsenal de Brest , (Yard No. CF 3), for the British Railways Board…
MV Horsa – Past and Present
Ferries
6th August 2019
MV Horsa – Past and Present
MV Penelope A, ex Express Penelope, Penelope A, Stena Horsa, Horsa - Steel twin screw motor vessel built at the Arsenal de Brest, (Yard No. CF 2), for the British…
MV Hengist – Past and Present
Ferries
22nd May 2020
MV Hengist – Past and Present
MV Panagia Tinou, ex Agios Georgios, Panagia Ekatontapylian, Express Artemis, Panagia Ekatontapyliani, Apollo Express 2, Romilda, Stena Hengist, Hengist - Steel twin screw motor vessel built at the Arsenal de Brest…
MV Prince Laurent – Past and Present
Blue Star Ferries
3rd May 2021
MV Prince Laurent – Past and Present
MV Superferry II, ex Prince Laurent - Steel twin screw motor vessel built by N.V. Boelwerf S. A., Temse, (Yard No. 1477) in 1974 for the Regie voor Maritiem Transport…
MV Transcontainer I – Past and Present
Ferries
23rd May 2021
MV Transcontainer I – Past and Present
Mv Niobe I ex Nour I, Transcontainer I Matt Murtland Collection Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1968 at Cons. Nav. & Ind. De la Mediterranean (CNIM), La Seyne…
MV Princesse-Marie Christine – Past and Present
Ferries
13th April 2021
MV Princesse-Marie Christine – Past and Present
MV Elegant I, ex Primrose, Princesse-Marie Christine - Steel twin screw motor vessel, built by Cockerill Yards, Hoboken (Yard No. 878) in 1975 for Regie voor Maritiem Transport (RMT) Ostend…
MV Saint Eloi – Past and Present
Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace (ALA)
23rd October 2020
MV Saint Eloi – Past and Present
MV Aeolos, ex Moby Love, Moby Love 2, King Orry, Channel Entente, Saint Eloi - Steel twin screw motor vessel built by Cantieri Navali di Pietra Ligure, Genoa. Italy (Yard…
MV Prinses Maria-Esmeralda – Past and Present
Ferries
14th April 2021
MV Prinses Maria-Esmeralda – Past and Present
MV Al Arabia, ex Aqaba Express, Beni Ansar, Wisteria, Beni Ansar, Wisteria, Prinses Maria Esmeralda - Steel twin screw motor vessel, built by Cockerill yards, Hoboken (Yard No. 877) in…
MV Prins Albert (III) – Past and Present
Ferries
7th April 2021
MV Prins Albert (III) – Past and Present
MV Voyager, ex Eurovoyager, Prins Albert (III) - Steel twin screw motor vessel, built by Cockerill Yards, Hoboken, (Yard No. 887) in 1978 for Regie voor Maritiem Transport (RMT) Ostend…
TS Holyhead Ferry I – Past and Present
British Railways Board (BRB)
30th April 2021
TS Holyhead Ferry I – Past and Present
TS Earl Leofric, ex Holyhead Ferry I - Steel twin screw turbine steamer, built and engined by Hawthorn, Leslie, Newcastle-on-Tyne, in 1965 (Yard No. 757) for the British Railways Board…
MV Prinses Paola – Past and Present
Ferries
14th April 2021
MV Prinses Paola – Past and Present
MV Tropicana ex Saint Lucie, Sea Palace, Tropicana, Prinses Paola Prinses Paola – © A G Jones Steel twin screw motor vessel, built and engined by Cockerill’s of Hoboken, Belgium in…
MV Côte Des Flandres – Past and Present
Current Local Ferry Fleet
5th March 2020
MV Côte Des Flandres – Past and Present
MV Côte Des Flandres, ex Berlioz - Steel twin screw motor vessel, built by Chantiers Atlantique, France in 2004 (Yard No.032) for Seafrance SA as a passenger and roll-on roll-off…
TS Dover (III) – Past and Present
Ferries
2nd May 2021
TS Dover (III) – Past and Present
TS Tuxedo Royale, ex Earl Siward, Dover - Steel twin screw turbine steamer, built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle, (Yard No. 2013) for the British Railways Board in…
MV Koningin Elizabeth – Past and Present
Ferries
15th April 2021
MV Koningin Elizabeth – Past and Present
MV Najd II ex Abha, Koningin Elizabeth Koningin Elizabeth – Arne Pyson Collection Steel twin screw motor vessel, built and engined by Cockerill’s of Hoboken (Yard no 779) in 1956…
Admiralty Pier Train Ferry Berth
Dover Harbour Board
18th October 2020
Admiralty Pier Train Ferry Berth
With ships becoming much larger only vessels built up to and before the early 1970’s could fit into the original train ferry dock situated within Dover Western Docks. The new…
MV Barfleur – Past and Present
Brittany Ferries (BAI)
5th December 2020
MV Barfleur – Past and Present
MV Barfleur, ex Deal Seaways, Barfleur - Steel twin screw motor vessel built-in 1992 at Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Helsinki, Finland (Yard No. 485) for Truckline Ferries France S.A., Cherbourg, France. (Brittany…