Spirit of Britain

Spirit of Britain

The Spirit of Britain on her first arrival in Calais, 21st January 2011

Ship data flag  Cyprus Ship type Ferry Callsign 5BDG5 home port Limassol Shipping company P&O Ferries Shipyard STX Europe , Rauma Build number 1367 Order August 8, 2008 Keel laying August 25, 2009 Launch June 8, 2010 takeover January 5, 2011 Commissioning January 21, 2011

Ship dimensions and crew length 213 m ( Lüa ) width 30.8 m Draft Max. 8.5 m measurement 47,592 GT

Machine system machine MAN-B & W 7L 48/60 diesel engines Machine performance 30,400 kW (41,332 hp) Top speed 22 kn (41 km / h) propeller 2 × controllable pitch propellers

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 2,000 Vehicle capacity 1,059 cars

Others Classifications Lloyd's Register Registration numbers IMO no. 9524231

The Spirit of Britain is a ferry of the British shipping company P&O Ferries that entered service in 2011 . It is used together with its identical sister ship Spirit of France on the route from Dover to Calais and together with it is the largest ferry that has ever been in service on this route.

history

The Spirit of Britain was laid down on August 25, 2009 under the shipyard number 1367 at STX Europe in Rauma, Finland . The launching of the ship took place on 8 June of 2010. After test drives in November 2010, the Spirit of Britain was delivered to P&O Ferries on January 5, 2011 and put on liner service from Dover to Calais on January 21, 2011.

On February 4, 2011, the ship had to interrupt the liner service due to technical problems. It was brought to Zeebrugge and put back into service on February 6, 2011 after the machinery there was overhauled.

The Spirit of Britain was officially baptized on March 24, 2011 . The ship's godmother was former middle-distance runner Kelly Holmes .

On January 23, 2016, a group of 50 refugees and political activists stormed the ferry in Calais. The refugees had previously come to France in the course of the refugee crisis in Europe in the hope of reaching England. Western political activists persuaded 350 of them, according to press reports, to storm the barriers to the port, around 50 people ended up on the Spirit of Britain . Several people were arrested.

Web links

Commons : Spirit of Britain  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• official website of the ship
• the ship on faktaomfartyg.se (Swedish)
• History of the ship on Doverferryphotosforums.co.uk

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karim Beerahee: Kelly Holmes England's Goldwinner, Spirit of Britain's Godmother. In: P&O Ferries UK. March 28, 2011, accessed January 29, 2020 . 
2. ↑ David Chazan, David Barrett: Anarchists face immediate trial alongside migrants after protesters stormed Port of Calais. In: The Daily Telegraph . January 24, 2016, accessed January 29, 2020 .