December 12th 1980: Launched , but technical problems delayed delivery. March 31st 1983: Delivered to Stena Line Ab, Göteborg. April 25th 1983: Commenced service between Göteborg - Frederikshavn.
 
© Andreas Wörteler
December 1986: Sold to Premiraktören 593 Ab, Göteborg. 1987: Registered to B&B Finans Projekt Ab, Göteborg. 1988: Registered to PK Finans Ab, Göteborg. December 1988: Sold to Wallenius Safe Jasmina Ab, Stockholm. Göteborg as home port. January 1990: Changed name to Rederi Ab Jutland. December 1990: Sold to Stena Rederi Ab Göteborg. May 2006: Its announced that the Stena Jutlandica will be rebuilt and placed on the Dover-Calais route. June 25th 1996: Last day in service between Göteborg - Frederikshavn. June 26th 1996: Arrived at Lloyd-Werft Bremerhaven, Germany for rebuild.
 
© Christian Eckardt
July 1996: Registered to Crown Tours BV, Hoek Van Holland, Holland. Renamed STENA EMPEREUR August 1996: Bare-boat chartered to Stena Line UK, London, England. August 5th 1996: Left builders yard for Dover.
 © Andreas Wörteler (right)
August 7th 1996: Arrived at Dover. August 15th 1996: Commenced service between Dover - Calais. 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.
 
© Christian Eckardt (left) and Stéphane Poulain (right)  
© Ray Goodfellow
March 3rd 1998: All vessels operated under the P&OSL banner.
© Andreas Wörteler
November 1998: Renamed P&OSL PROVENCE.
  © Stéphane Poulain (left) and Andreas Wörteler (right)
1999: Registered to P&O Stena Invicta Ltd, London.
 
© Steven Brown (left) and Douglas Cromby (right)
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.
© Andreas Wörteler
October 15th 2002: Registered to P&O Ferries, London. Renamed PO PROVENCE. Continuing between Dover - Calais. February 2003: Renamed PRIDE OF PROVENCE.
 
© Dieter Pots (left) and Nigel Thornton (right)  
© Stéphane Poulain (left) and Ray Goodfellow (right)
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April 18 2003: Hit the Southern Breakwater at Dover, while visibility was good and sea conditions were fine. Her Master was suspended from duty as an investigation continued. Twenty-eight people suffered minor injuries in the accident, as the 28,559 gt ferry arrived from Calais carrying 489 passengers and 159 crew. The ship sailed to the ARNO shipyard in Dunkirk on April 19 for a formal investigation involving a Marine Accident Investigation Branch inspector. An initial inspection by P&O Ferries' surveyors found an indentation extending from deck 5 to the vessel's double hull bottom. A cement box was fitted over the damaged area by engineers to enable the ferry to sail to Dunkirk under its own power. A crew member was detained overnight in hospital but was later released. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch's (MAIB) report can be downloaded here (Adobe Acrobat reader required)
February 22nd 2004 (12.12 hrs): Suffered starboard outer bow door failure as it was being closed prior to departure from the port of Calais number 7 ro-ro berth.. The vessel was rendered un-seaworthy and the passengers and vehicles were disembarked. At 21.42 hrs, after eventually disembarking her lower vehicle deck from her stern, she retired to lay-by for interim repairs. On February 24th she sailed to Dunkerque for complete repair. (Marine Accident Investigation Branch Report 16/2004 December 2004)
© Ed Connell (Ships in the Port of Dover)
October 29th 2004: Sold to GA Ferries, Piraeus, Greece. November 15th 2004: “To be taken over by new owners and to be renamed ALKMINI A.” December 17th 2004: “Due to come out of service at 3:30am 20th December and will lay up for approx 24 hours to de-store. Then catering staff will be taking her to Dunkerque for lay up over Christmas. The Greek's will arrive 05/01/05 to collect her. Most of her crew are being transferred to the PRIDE OF BURGUNDY, and the remaining crew will take over the EUROPEAN SEAWAY along with all the ex PROVENCE officers”. December 20th 2004: Last day in service for P & O December 21st 2004: Left Dover for Dunkerque December 21st 2004: Laid up in Dunkerque
 
© Craig Nelson
January 19th 2005: Arrived in Piraeus, Greece. 2005: To be introduced between Piraeus - Rhodos - Kos. February 28th 2005: During a refit in Perama, fire broke out on the eighth deck and spread into the self-service restaurant area. The outbreak was brought under control by shore-based crews assisted by tugs with fire-fighting equipment
May 23rd 2005: Rumoured to have been sold to Norwegian Kystlink and to be renamed PRIDE OF TELEMARK. May 2005: Chartered to Kystlink A/S, Norway. June 2nd 2005: Left Perama. June 10th 2005: Arrived in Hirtshals for berthing trials before departing for Langesund.
 
© Dirk Janowsky
June 10th 2005: Fitted out at North Sea Terminal, Brevik June 18th 2005: Commenced services between Langesund - Hirtshals. October 7th 2005: Trial trip between Langesund - Strömstad. October 27th 2005: Registered to Kystlink, Langesund (Lavi Shipping, Nicosia, Cyprus), Norway. Renamed PRIDE OF TELEMARK
 
© Marco Stampehl
 
 
© Matt Murtland (HHVFerry)
May 2006: To start scheduled sailings from Langesund to Strömstad.
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A special thank you goes to © Matt Murtland of HHVFerry for providing the above images.
July 13th 2006: Problems discovered with the starboard bow door. Vessel withdrawn from service for repairs. Re-entered service on July 15th. November 1st 2006: Enters service between Langesund - Hirtshals, and Langesund - Stromstad. March 5th 2007 - March 12th 2007: Refit at Cityvarvet, Gothenburg, Sweden. May 18th 2007: Sold to Boa RoRo A / S (Taubĺtskompaniet A / S), Trondheim, Norway (home port Langesund)Continued in service with Kystlink between Langesund - Hirtshals, and Langesund - Stromstad. September 11th 2007: Arriving at the Port of Hirtshals the ship collided with the breakwater resulting in a power blackout and a hole below the waterline. The vessel started to take on water but the crew managed to get her docked. The vessel went down by the head and the bow eventually settled on the bottom of the harbour. Thankfully know body aboard was hurt during this incident. September 25th 2007: Towed from Hirtshals to Cityvarvet in Gothenburg for temporary repairs. November 22nd 2007: Towed from Gothenburg to Frederikshavn for inspection into the feasibility of repairs. January 10th 2008: Commenced repairs. July 25th 2008: Repairs completed and departs for sea trials. Returned to Frederikshavn to be laid up following the collapse of Kystlink. August 14th 2009: Departs Frederikshavn for Stromstad and further lay up. April 9th 2010: Arrived at Cityvarvet, Gotheburg for dry docking. April 19th 2010: Departed Gotheburg for Langesund. June 2010: Laid up in Sandefjord. October 29th 2010: Departed Sandefjord for Farsund. October 30th 2010: Arrived in Farsund for further lay up.
August 28th 2011:
Departs Farsund, rumoured to have been sold for breaking.
August 29th 2011:
Anchors off Skagen for bunkers. AIS now indicating a destination of Alang,
rumours confirmed.
September 13th 2011:
Arrives in Gibraltar for bunkers.
September 19th 2011:
Departs Gibraltar for Port Said (Suez Canal)
October 19th 2011:
Arrived in Alang, India.
October 27th 2011:
Beached at Alang ready for breaking.
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