Pride of Canterbury
 The Pride of Canterbury off Calais, December 2011
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The Pride of Canterbury is a ferry of the British P&O Ferries , which was commissioned in 1992 as the European Pathway for the liner service between Dover and Zeebrugge . It has been used on the Dover to Calais route since 2003 .
history
The ship was built as one of four combined RoRo freight and ferry ships with the construction number 1076 near Schichau Seebeck in Bremerhaven . It ran on 10 August 1991 as European pathway from the stack . After the takeover by P&O on December 29, 1991 and the transfer to Dover, the ship was put into service on January 4, 1992 on the route to Zeebrugge.
From March 1998 to October 2002 the European Pathway was jointly managed by P&O and Stena Line . The ship was then brought to the Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven in December 2002 to be converted into a pure ferry. On May 12, 2003 it was put into service under the new name Pride of Canterbury on the Dover to Calais route.
On January 31, 2008, during a turning maneuver at the Goodwin Sands , the Pride of Canterbury rammed the wreck of the cargo ship Mahratta , which ran aground and sank there in 1939. The ferry was slightly damaged on the hull and lost a propeller, but was put back into service in February 2008 after repair work.
On September 29, 2014, another incident occurred on the Pride of Canterbury when a fire broke out in the engine room, causing the on-board systems to fail. The ship was towed to Dunkirk for repairs in September 2014 and was able to resume service on December 12, 2014.
Two of the three sister ships of the Pride of Canterbury ( Pride of Kent and Pride of Burgundy ) were also converted into pure passenger ferries. The third sister ship, the European Seaway , continues to operate as a combined ferry and cargo ship.
Web links
- the ship on faktaomfartyg.se (Swedish)
- History of the ship on doverferryphotosforums.co.uk (English)