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This ferry is now laid up in Dunkirk for sale and renamed 'Oleander'.
'The Picardy' has not yet been rebuilt, in contrast with her sistership 'The Kent'
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One of the two sisterships capsized in 1987 just after leaving the port of Zeebrugge, namely the 'Herald of Free Enterprise'. |
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Owner |
P&O Stena Line |
Operator |
P&O Stena Line |
Route |
Dover-Calais |
Building year |
1980 |
Conversed |
none |
Yard |
Schichau Unterweser (Germany) |
Yard number |
2281 |
Length |
132,5 m |
Breadth |
23,15 m |
Depth |
12,60 m |
BRT |
13601 |
Crew |
110 |
Number of passengers |
1326 |
Number ofl cars |
350 cars |
Lanemetres (LM) |
720 |
Engines |
3 x Sulzer |
Speed |
22 knots |
Port of registry |
Dover |
Flag |
UK |
Former names |
Pride of Free Enterprise (Townsend Thoresen), Pride of Bruges (P&O North Sea Ferries) , Picardy (P&O Stena Line) |
Former owners |
Townsend Thoresen, P&O North Sea Ferries. |
Sister ships |
'The Kent' and the capsized 'Herald of Free Enterprise' |
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