MV Mont St Michel

Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 2002 by Van der Giessen de Noord, Krimpen aan den Ijssel, Holland (Yard No 1362) as a car/passenger ferry for BAI SA Bretagne-Angleterre-Irlande (Brittany Ferries), Roscoff, France

Technical Data

Length: 173.4m (overall) 162.25m (between perpendiculars)
Breadth: 28.5m
Depth: 21.15m
Draught: 6.21m
Tonnage: 35,592 gross/10,677 net/5579t deadweight
Engines: 4 x 4T – 6 cylinder MaK/Caterpillar 6M43 diesels
Power: 21,600 kW/29,348 HP
Main Engine Driven Generators: 2 – 2000 kVA – 1600 kW
Diesel Generators: 3 – 1950 kVA – 1560 kW – 2201 HP
Propulsion System: 2 Screw Propeller Controllable pitch LB 10.00 at 156 rpm
Speed: 22.0 knots
Fuel Capacity: 774 m³
Capacity: 2,120 passengers, 874 cars
Call Sign: FNMT
IMO Number: 9238337
MMSI Number: 227023100
Register Number: 01800J
Port of Registry: Caen/France

Location Data

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History

September 11th 2000: Ordered.

June 7th 2001: Keel struck.

March 16th 2002: Launched.

November 8th 2002: Trials.

December 2002: Delivered to BAI SA Bretagne-Angleterre-Irlande (Brittany Ferries), Roscoff, France.

December 11th 2002: Left Rotterdam for Caen.

December 13th 2002: Trials between Caen – Portsmouth.

December 20th 2002: Services between Caen/Ouistreham – Portsmouth.

January 2014: Refit in Gdansk.

Gdansk © Gena Anfimov

February 2014: Resumed service.

Arriving in Portsmouth in March 2015 © Ray Goodfellow

September 24th 2015: Last day in service before refit in Spain. During her three month absence the Armorique covered her sailings between Ouistreham (Caen) and Portsmouth.

September 26th 2015: Departed Cherbourg for Santander.

Santander 28/09/15 © Brittany Ferries

September 28th 2015: Arrived at the Astander shipyard in Santander for an extended refit which would include the installation of an exhaust gas scrubbing system (scrubbers) and the construction of a third funnel casing to accommodate the new equipment. This additional funnel structure was built between the ships two existing funnels.

Installation of the scrubbers (left) and the completed works before resuming service (right) © Brittany Ferries

December 8th 2015: Departed the Astander shipyard, Santander for Cherbourg, calling at Gijon on route for bunkers.

December 10th 2015: Scheduled to arrive in Cherbourg from refit in Santander.

December 12th 2015: Undertook sea trials in the Bay of Seine.

Close up of the new funnel © Tony Weaver (Brittany Ferries Ships)

December 18th 2015: Returned to service operating a one off voyage between Cherbourg and Portsmouth before resuming regular sailings between Portsmouth and Ouistreham (Caen).

April 24th 2016: Operated from Portsmouth to Cherbourg instead of Caen. This was to enable the ship to receive scheduled maintenance to her scrubbers alongside.

April 25th 2016: Operated from Cherbourg to Portsmouth following maintenance in the Port of Cherbourg.

April 25th 2016: Resumed regular service from Portsmouth to Caen.

5th June 2016: Brittany Ferries celebrated 30 years of operations between Portsmouth and Caen. Services were inaugurated with the ‘Duc de Normandie‘ on the 5th June 1986.

December 31st 2016: Laid up in the Port of Le Havre for the New Year.

January 2nd 2017: Resumed service between Caen and Portsmouth.

September 2018: Brest for repairs to one of her propellers.

September 17th 2018: Left Brest and sailed to Ouisterham.

September 18th 2018: Resumed service Caen – Portsmouth.

June 3rd 2019: Departed Portsmouth with a naval escort and a small ships flotilla. Veterans travelling with D-Day Revisited on-board, bound for Normandy for the D-Day 75 commemorations.

January 6th 2020: Refit in Gdansk.

February 3rd 2020: Refit completed.

February 4th 2020: Conducted some sea trails once out of Gdansk harbour before she moved off heading for Cherbourg.

March 2020: Sailings between Portsmouth and Caen continued as normal, for passengers and for freight.

September 1st 2020: Announcement made ” She would continue three daily departures as normal, with ARMORIQUE covering her refit, running in freight-only mode.

All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Gena Anfimov, Brittany Ferries, Andreas Wörteler and Tony Weaver (Brittany Ferries Ships) for their assistance in producing this feature.