May 16th 1992: Launched at the yard of by Schichau -Unterweser AG, Bremerhaven. Originally to have been named the EUROPEAN CAUSEWAY (the fourth of the European Class freighters) but P&O European Ferries decided to give her super ferry status and converted her on the stocks to a passenger vessel. The change of plan occurred following the amazing rise in passenger traffic and the Government’s decision not to allow any sort of pooling agreement with Sealink . It was believed that the first choice name was to have been PRIDE OF LILLE. March 23rd 1993: Delivered to P&O European Ferries (Dover) Limited. March 31st 1993: Maiden arrival in Dover. April 5th 1993: Enters commercial service between Dover and Calais.
  
Roy Thornton Collection (left and middle) and © Joe @ Ferry Fantastic (right)
March 3rd 1998: P&O European Ferries and Stena Line merge there operations on the short sea. The new company was called P&O Stena Line. Registered as a British private sector company, 60% owned by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) and 40% owned by Stena Line AB of Sweden. The new company took over the Dover and Newhaven services of P&O European Ferries and Stena Line. March 10th 1998: All vessels operated under the P&OSL banner. PRIDE OF BURGUNDY continuing on the Dover - Calais route from March 10th, 1998.
 
Pride of Burgundy before and after the application of her P&O Stena Line Livery © Andreas Wörteler
November 14th 1998: Suffered gearbox trouble and went to Dunkirk for repairs. December 1998: Renamed P&OSL BURGUNDY.
 
© Andreas Wörteler (left) and Douglas Cromby (right)
December 1998: Resumed in service Dover - Calais. December 1998: Took over from EUROPEAN PATHWAY as freight only while the PATHWAY was away on refit. April 2002: P&O announced its intention to buy out the 40% stake in P&O Stena Line owned by Stena. August 2002: P&O Stena alliance ended with P&O purchasing Stena's 40% share in the business. The Dover-Calais fleet adopted the appropriate P&O “Pride of ….” names, losing there P&OSL prefixes. All vessels had their Stena house flag removed from their funnels, along with the deletion of the name Stena from their hulls. In future the company would trade as P&O Ferries. October 15th 2002: Transferred to P&O Ferries, still running between Dover - Calais, but her name was changed to PO BURGUNDY. February 12th 2003 - February 27th 2003: Overhaul with A&P Tyne, Falmouth, England. February 2003: Renamed PRIDE OF BURGUNDY. March 2004: Freight only between Dover and Calais.
© Nigel Thornton
December 2004: Refit at A&P Southampton. January 12th 2005: Arrived back at Dover. January 14th 2005: Retired to Dunkerque with “technical problems” January 18th 2005: Reported that the vessel was still at ARNO Dunkerque with what appeared to be a rudder problem. January 26th 2005: Reappeared back at Dover. January 26th 2005: Conducted trials at new berth 8 at Dover February 8th 2005: “A cable snapped on one of the link-spans at Calais as vehicles were disembarking from the Pride of Burgundy. The berth was out of action, and another berth was undergoing maintenance work. That meant that fewer berths were operational and all the P&O Ferries and SeaFrance ships had to share them. Serious delays and the vessel made two trips to Zeebrugge. Day trip traffic was not being accepted 12/13 February. “
  © Ray Goodfellow
February 25th 2008: To A&P Falmouth for refit. March 12th 2008: Returned to Dover. February 7th 2009: To ARNO, Dunkerque for hull inspection.
© Peter Wearing
7/2/2009 Dunkerque © Michel Elias (www.shipsinthespotlight.eu)
8th February 2009: Resumes service from Dover to Calais March 11th 2009: To Cruise Terminal 1 at Dover for completion of survey. March 15th 2009: Returned to service. December 29th 2009: Due at ARNO, Dunkerque for overhaul. January 13th 2010: Returned to Dover September 23rd 2010: Chartered by Vatenfall to host the official opening of the Thanet wind farm, just to the North of Ramsgate: "Arrive Dover ex Calais 22:00 Wed 22nd, lay by on ED1, Depart for Ramsgate at 07:00, Arrive Ramsgate 08:50, load VIPs & News crews / press, Depart Ramsgate for 1st trip around 10:30 (VIP's, opening ceremony, news crews etc), Arrive Ramsgate 13:30, Depart Ramsgate 2nd trip 16:15 (Builders, Company employees & their families / guests), Arrive Ramsgate 21:00, Depart Ramsgate 22:30 - Sail to Calais & lay up for clean up / prep for 06:45 Calais-Dover crossing and resume normal sailing schedule." September 23rd 2010 08:30: Arrived in the Port of Ramsgate to commence her one day charter to Vatenfall.
  
 
Arriving in Ramsgate 23/09/10 © Ray Goodfellow
September 24th 2010: Resumed service between
Dover and Calais.
Arriving in Dover 11/12/10 © Ray Goodfellow
February 10th 2011: Stood down from
service for refit at ARNO Dunkerque.
ARNO Dunkerque ©
Aqui_fan
February 17th 2011:
Departed Dunkerque for Dover.
February 18th 2011:
Re-entered service from Dover to Calais with the 02:05 sailing.
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