1987:Stanhope Steamship Co Ltd (Townsend Thoresen)[1]
1987–2006: P&O European Ferries (Dover) Ltd
2006–2012: P&O Ferries Ltd
2012: German shipping interests
Operator
1987 - 1998: P&O European Ferries
1998 - 2002: P&O Stena Line
2002 - 2012: P&O Ferries
Port of registry
Dover, United Kingdom
Route
Dover-Calais
Builder
Schichau Unterweser AG, West Germany
Cost
approx £42 million[2]
Yard number
93
Laid down
9 April 1986
Launched
20 September 1986
Completed
27 May 1987
Maiden voyage
2 June 1987
In service
2 June 1987
Out of service
15 December 2010
Identification
IMO number: 8517736
MMSI number: 232001670
Callsign: GJCR
Fate
Scrapped at Aliağa
General characteristics
Tonnage
26,433 GT
Length
169.6 m (556.4 ft)
Beam
28.27 m (92.7 ft)
Draft
6.12 m (20.1 ft)
Depth
13.80 m (45.3 ft)
Installed power
3 x Sulzer ZA40S Diesels
Propulsion
3 x controllable pitch propellers
2 x bow thrusters and one bow rudder
Speed
22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Capacity
2,290 passengers
650 vehicles (1,500 lanemetres)
MS Pride of Dover was a cross-channel ferry built-in 1987 for Townsend Thoresen. One of two 'Chunnel Beater' ships she primarily operated on the Dover – Calais route alongside her sister ship the Pride of Calais for P&O Ferries Ferries until 2010.
^Rabson, Stephen; O'Donaghue, Kevin (1988). P&O: A Fleet History. Kendal: World Ship Society. p. 524. ISBN 0-905617-45-2.
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