Pride of Burgundy
 The Pride of Burgundy off Dover, June 2012
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The Pride of Burgundy is a ferry of the British shipping company P&O Ferries that entered service in 1993 . It is used on the route from Dover to Calais .
history
The Pride of Burgundy was launched on May 16, 1992 under construction number 1074 in the Schichau Unterweser shipyard in Bremerhaven and was delivered to the operator P&O European Ferries (since 2002 only P&O Ferries) on March 23, 1993. The commissioning between Dover and Calais took place on April 5, 1993.
The Pride of Burgundy was originally built as a RoRo freighter for the route from Dover to Zeebrugge . However, it was decided to complete the ship as a ferry and use it for the route from Dover to Calais. Allegedly it was originally supposed to be called Pride of Lille , but there is no evidence from the shipping company to support this claim. It is one of the smallest ferries on the Dover to Calais route and can carry 1,420 passengers and 600 cars.
From 1998 to 2002 the ship was named P & OSL Burgundy , then PO Burgundy . Since February 2003 the ferry has been back in service as the Pride of Burgundy .
On September 23, 2010, the Pride of Burgundy was chartered to Vattenfall in order to bring invited guests to Ramsgate for the opening of a new wind farm . After this voyage, the ship returned to the ferry service.
On October 27, 2012, the Pride of Burgundy collided with the Berlioz ferry in heavy seas . The Pride of Burgundy was damaged on the right wing of the bridge, but the damage could be repaired after a few hours. The Berlioz was badly damaged and had to be put in a dry dock for repairs.
During September 28, 2013, the Pride of Burgundy had to be temporarily taken out of service due to technical problems in order to be repaired in the Damen Yard in Flushing . The ship returned to service on October 1, 2013. Just a few days later, on October 19, the ship had to be taken out of service again for a short period, as it collided with the pier in Calais after a rudder failure.
For tax reasons due to the UK's exit from the EU , the Pride of Burgundy , which was previously registered in Great Britain, has been in use under the flag of Cyprus since March 2019 , the home port has changed from Dover to Limassol .
Furnishing
The Pride of Burgundy is the smallest P&O Ferries ship on the Dover – Calais route. It has nine decks, of which the vehicles are housed on decks 3 and 5. The lounge and dining rooms of the passengers are on deck 7 and 8. The decks are divided into smoking and non-smoking areas.
In contrast to her sister ships, the Pride of Burgundy has a number of cabins on deck 7 in addition to the lounge and dining rooms. However, these are not accessible to passengers and are intended exclusively for the crew.
Sister ships
The Pride of Burgundy has a total of three sister ships , which, however, differ from one another in some details. In addition, the Pride of Burgundy is the only one of the ships that has been in use as a passenger ferry from the start, while all other units were completed as RoRo freighters and some of them only received a corresponding conversion at the beginning of the 2000s. The sister ships are:
- European Seaway (still in service as a RoRo freighter)
- Pride of Canterbury
- Pride of Kent
Web links
- Pride of Burgundy
- Pride of Burgundy , P&O Ferries - The unofficial guide
- Picture gallery with history of the ship
- The ship on Faktaomfartyg (Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ray Goodfellow: MS Pride of Burgundy - Past and Present. In: Dover Ferrys Photos. September 2, 2012, accessed January 28, 2020 .