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NORD PAS-DE-CALAIS

• NORD PAS-DE-CALAIS, trainferry built 1987 at Chantiers du Nord et de la Mediterranee SA, Dunkerque, as train ferry
• Photo taken in Dover (ship coming from Dunkerque) 1994
• Ship still active as AL ANDALUS EXPRESS

SALLY STAR

• Photo taken 1994

• Built as TRAVEMÜNDE in 1981 by Wärtsilä OY AB, Helsinki, Finland
• Ship still active as WASA EXPRESS

PRIDE OF SANDWICH

• P&O, Zeebrugge-Dover
• Photo 4 May 1991
• Built as FREE ENTERPRISE VI in1972 in Gusto Yard, Schiedam, Netherlands.
• Total loss after accident in Red Sea

EARL GODWIN (1966, SVEA DROTT)

• Photo taken in the summer of 1984 in Weymouth
• Scrapped in 2018

SENLAC (1973, SENLAC)

• Sealink Dieppe Ferries, Dieppe-Newhaven
• Photo 22 July 1986. We were sailing to Brighton when SENLAC passed behind us at full speed.
• Built in 1973 by Arsenal de la Marine Nationale Française, Brest, France.
• Scrapped in 2010.

nf PANTHER (1972, DJURSLAND)

• P&O Ferries, Boulogne-Dover
• July 1984
• Built as DJURSLAND in 1972 by Elsinore Skibs & Machine Building, Denmark.
• Scrapped in 2005.

KRALJICA MIRA

Built as HAMMERSHUS in 1965, by Meyer Werft.
Started to serve the route Copenhagen-Rönne-Ystad.
Did several seasons with TT-Line between Travemunde and Bornholm.
Left the Baltic in 1993, and ended up in the Adriatic.
In 1994 she sailed for Sem Maritime Company’s traffic between Split – Ancona.
Scrapped in 2005.

EGITO EXPRESS

Built as ESPRESSO CAGLIARI, Livorno 1975

She is still active as LAMPEDUSA, between Trapani and Pantelleria for Traghetti delle Isole.

ESPRESSO VENEZIA

Sister vessel to the previous ferry, she was built in 1977.

In 1994 she ended up in Greece via Ventouris. Fakta om fartyg gives an overview of all her routes.

As EXPRESS PEGASUS she is still alive but laid up near Piraeus.

ELBA EXPRESS (1987, ANNE-LISE)

Built by Westamarin she was used by Elba Ferries between Piombino and Portferraio.

Now owned by Balearia, she is still in service as FORMENTERA DIRECT on the route Ibiza – Formentera.

CORSICA EXPRESS II (1996)

At that time, she was one year old, serving the route Genoa-Bastia.

In 2015 she was sold to a Sea Jets company, as PAROS JET. She can still be activated for service.

SARDINIA VERA (1975, STENA ATLANTICA)

One of four ferries built by Rickmers, she arrived in Italy in 1996, after years of operation for Canadian Marine Atlantic. For Sardinia Ferries she operated between Livorno, Civitavecchia and Golfo Aranci.

In 2001 she was chartered to Conseil General de Seine Maritime, Dieppe, France, for the Transmanche ferry service between Dieppe and Newhaven.

She is still operational in the Med and currently laid up in Piombino.

SUPERFERRY II (built 1974 as PRINCE LAURENT)

This former Channel ferry was built as PRINCE LAURENT for the Oostende-Dover route, operated by the Belgian State-owned RMT. In 1992 she was sold to Strintzis and was sent to Perama for rebuilding. After Oostende Rafina became her second home port, from which she still operates today for Golden Star Ferry.

PENELOPE A (built 1972 as HORSA)

Another Channel veteran is this former HORSA, built for Sealink. Her second life started in 1992 when she started to sail for Agoudimos Lines.

In 2014 she was advertised for sale and laid up in Eleusis. She’s still moored there, side by side with Nel Lines’ MYTILENE.

They will probably go to the scrapyard soon.

ANEMOS (built 1975 as FERRY MUROTO)

After a short life in Japan this FERRY MUROTO arrived in Greece in 1988. She is still at Perama as the ALEXANDRA L, after a career with Nomicos Lines, Minoan Flying Dolphines, ANEK Lines, NEL Lines and Kefalonian Lines. She was about to travel this summer, but her conversion still goes on. She was purchased by Seajets.

SARDEGNA BELLA (built 1967 as STENA BRITANNICA)

This elegant passenger ferry will certainly look familiar to many of our industry professionals. Built as STENA BRITANNICA, she has been sailing on the Kattegat, in Alaska, the Baltic Sea, the English Channel, and last but not least in the Mediterranean Sea.

She sailed for companies as Sally AB and Sally Line, Viking Line, Brittany Ferries, North Sea Ferries, SOL Lines, Moby Lines etc..

She was broken up in 2001.

MOBY BLU (built 1965 as FREE ENTERPRISE II)

Another veteran is Townsend’s FREE ENTERPRISE II, built in The Netherlands.

After a long life on different Channel routes, the small ferry (by today’s standards) was sold in 1982 to Navarma and subsequently left for the Med.

In 2003 she was scrapped in India.

MOBY BLU (built 1965 as FREE ENTERPRISE II)

Another veteran is Townsend’s FREE ENTERPRISE II, built in The Netherlands.

After a long life on different Channel routes, the small ferry (by today’s standards) was sold in 1982 to Navarma and subsequently left for the Med.

In 2003 she was scrapped in India.