Steel triple screw motor vessel, built Schichau -Unterweser AG, Bremen-Vegesack, Germany in 1987 as a passenger and roll-on roll-off car and commercial vehicle ferry. Engined by Sulzer Bros. Ltd., Winterthur. (Yard No. 93). Launched September 20th, 1986.
Technical Data
Length
169.60 m (overall)
Breadth of Hull
28.27 m (extreme)
Draught
6.12 m (maximum)
Tonnage
26,433 gross, 11,399 net, 4,203 deadweight
Engines
3 x CCM Sulzer ZA40S Diesels
Power
23170kW
Speed
22.0 knots
Capacity
2,290 passengers, 650 cars/100 x 15m freight units
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History
April 9th 1986: Keel Laid.
September 20th 1986: Launched at a cost of approximately £42mn.
January 19th 1987: The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company (P&O) acquired the European Ferries Group Plc (Townsend Thoresen).
May 12th 1987: Departed Bremerhaven for sea trials.
May 27th 1987: Delivered to Townsend Car Ferries Ltd. (Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd.), Dover, England.
Managers; Townsend Car Ferries Ltd.
May 28th 1987:
Departed Bremerhaven on her delivery voyage.
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.
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.
March 2006: DP World bought the Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation Company (P&O).
February 20th 2007: The Pride of Dover made contact with a berth in Calais damaging her `cow catcher'. She remained at the Dover cargo terminal until the 24th February 2007 undergoing emergency repairs.
2nd May 2007: Pride of Dover underwent an MES deployment bow in at berth 2. Later the same day she departed for her annual overhaul at A&P Falmouth.
May 24th 2007: Failed to re-enter service with 07.15 hrs, 12.15 hrs and 16.35 hrs being cancelled.
25th May 2007: Re-entered service following her overhaul.
19th June 2007: Whilst coming astern to berth 7 in Dover the vessel suffered a power failure and made heavy contact with the quay causing damage to her stern spade. Due to the damage the stern doors were unusable necessitating a visit to the ARNO shipyard in Dunkerque for repairs.
April 7th 2008: Left Dover bound for refit at Falmouth.
April 29th 2008: According to “Falmouth Movements” due to leave at 21.30 hrs for Dover
April 30th 2008: Refit completed and returned to Dover.
13th June 2008: P&O announce they have placed an order with Aker Yards of Finland for two 49,000 GRT vessels for there Dover to Calais operation. The first of these units will be delivered in December 2010 with the second unit coming on stream in September 2011. These two new vessels will replace the Prides of Dover and Calais.
October 10th 2008: To Rotterdam with “prop” problems
October 14th 2008: Returned from Rotterdam and resumed service between Dover and Calais.
April 16th 2009: Due to a French fisherman's blockade of the Channel ports the Pride of Dover is sent to Ostend to undertake berthing trials at berth 202.
April 24th 2010: To Dover Cruise Terminal 1 for “centre main engine” work.
April 30th 2010: Resumed service.
October 2010: It was announced that the Pride of Dover would stand down from Dover-Calais service on the 14th December 2010. Her last commercial crossing will be at 23:55. She is due to depart for
Tilbury on the 16th December where she will lay up pending a decision on her future.
December 14th 2010: Last day in
commercial service for P&O Ferries on the Dover to Calais route. Her
last sailing was the 23:55 from Dover under the command of Captain Alexander.
Last Day in Commercial Service, 14th December 2010
December 15th 2010:
Departed Calais in ballast (light ship) at 01:50. She arrived in Dover at
03:20 and proceeded to berth 6 in the Eastern
Docks to commence de-storing.
"A tribute to the Pride of
Dover, one of the most successful cross channel ferries that served on the
Dover Strait. This video is dedicated to the ship and the crew. The movie
features some unique footage of bridge operations. Some scenes feature the
Pride of Dover's sister ship the Pride of Calais."
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