MV Ur
Ex Seatruck Pennant, Clipper Pennant
© Trevor Kidd (17/08/2012)
Steel twin screw “P-Series” motor vessel built in 2009 by Astilleros de Sevilla, S.A. (Yard No C823) as a Roll-on / roll-off carrier
Technical Data
- Length: 142 m (overall) 133.18 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 23.03 m
- Depth: 16.3 m
- Draught: 5.7 m
- Tonnage: 14759 gross/4428 net/6500 – 5106t deadweight
- Engines: 2 x Wärtsilä 8L46D diesels
- Power: 18480kW/HP
- Speed: 22.0 knots
- Capacity: 12 passengers/1830 lane meters
- Call Sign: 5BTF2, JYA42
- MMSI Number: 438000195
- IMO Number: 9372688
- RI Number: 105057
- Port of Registry: Limassol/Cyprus 🇨🇾, Aqaba/Jordan 🇯🇴
- Sister-Ship: Point (C820), Pace (C821), Panorama (C822)
History
One of four “P-Series”, Knud E Hansen designed, freight ferries, built by Astillero de Huelva, Spain, for Seatruck Ferries services between England and Ireland.
March 16th 2005: Ordered.
June 15th 2007: Keel laid.
October 15th 2008: Launched.
© Seatruck
© Valdas Ramanauskas (Seville, 02/01/2009)
August 24th 2009: Delivered to Bansalease S.A. Establecimento Finaciero de Credito, Lissabon, Portugal and chartered to Seatruck Ferries Ltd, Heysham, UK.
September 22nd 2009: Arrived Liverpool.
October 13th 2009 – February 4th 2012: Services Dublin – Liverpool.
December 2011: Registered Owner: Seatruck Pennant Ltd, Heysham, UK.
February 2012: Laid up in Liverpool.
February 24th 2012 – March 9th 2012: Services Heysham – Dublin.
March 12th 2012 – March 30th 2012: Chartered to Stena Line for services Birkenhead – Belfast.
© Robert Foy (Liverpool, 15/03/2012)
May 14th 2012 – July 7th 2012: Services Heysham – Warrenpoint.
© Robert Foy (Liverpool, 05/08/2012)
August 7th 2012 – September 14th 2012: Chartered to Stena Line for services Belfast – Heysham.
September 15th 2012: Services Heysham – Dublin.
© Trevor Kidd (06 – 08/09/2012)
© Scott Mackey (16/10/2012)
November 16th 2012: Left Dublin for Liverpool.
November 17th 2012: Left Liverpool for Immingham.
November 19th 2012 – December 1st 2012: Chartered to DFDS Seaways for services Immingham – Cuxhaven.
December 1st 2012 – December 3rd 2012: Immingham to Dublin.
December 3rd 2012: Services Heysham – Dublin.
January 4th 2013: Laid up in Birkenhead.
February 6th 2013 – February 8th 2013: Left Birkenhead for Torshavn, Faroe Islands.
February 2013 – February 12th 2013: Chartered to Smyril Line for services Hirtshals – Torshavn – Seydisfjördur (Iceland).
February 12th 2013: Left Torshavn for Birkenhead.
May 22nd 2013 – June 3rd 2013: Services Heysham – Dublin.
June 7th 2013: Laid up in Birkenhead.
August 8th 2013 – August 11th 2013: Sailed from Birkenhead to Esbjerg.
August 2013: Chartered to Blue Water Shipping to transport wind turbines Esbjerg – Aabenraa – Bremerhaven – Rostock for Vestas Wind Systems A/S.
February 21st 2014: Arrived Gothenburg.
February 27th 2014 – March 17th 2014: Chartered to Stena Line for services Gothenburg – Kiel.
© Lennart Rydberg (Gothenburg, 06/03/2014)
April 1st 2014: Left Gothenburg for Birkenhead.
April 12th 2014: Services Heysham – Warrenpoint.
© Trevor Kidd (29/04/2017)
September 2018: Transferred to the Liverpool – Dublin route to replace CLIPPER RANGER and upgrade capacity.
© Alex Marrero (Santa Cruz, 11/08/2018) (Left) © Rob de Visser (Right)
October 2018: Chartered Canary Bridge Seaways (Fred Olsen and Balearia colloboration).
© Seatruck
November 2018 – December 2019: Services Las Palmas – Huelva.
December 10th 2019: Chartered to P&O Ferries for services Dublin – Liverpool.
2020: Seatruck acquired by CLdN
December 1st 2022: Completion of charter to P&O and renamed SEATRUCK PENNANT.
© Malcolm Cranfield (Liverpool, 19/02/2023)
August 4th 2023: Sold to Owner/Manager: The Arab Bridge Maritime. Jordan and renamed UR.
© Robert Foy (Mersey, 07/08/2023)
August 7th 2023 – August 15th 2023: Sailed from Liverpool to Alexandria.
October 22nd 2023 – October 23rd 2023: Sailed from Alexandria to Port Said.
October 23rd 2023: Passed through the Suez Canal (southbound).
November 2023: Services Aqaba – Nuweiba, Egypt.
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: Malcolm Cranfield, Robert Foy, Alex Marrero, Valdas Ramanauskas, Lennart Rydberg, Rob de Visser and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.
Special thanks to Trevor Kidd and Scott Mackey
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
