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PANTHER (1976)
Service dates: 1987-2003
Shipping lines: MONARCH STEAMSHIP COMPANY LTD.; TOWNSEND CAR FERRIES; P&O EUROPEAN FERRIES (DOVER); P&O EUROPEAN FERRIES (PORTSMOUTH); P&O EUROPEAN FERRIES (IRISH SEA); PANDORO; P&O TRANS-EUROPEAN; P&O EUROPEAN TRANSPORT SERVICES LTD.
Ship type:
Roll on/Roll off Passenger Ferry.
Career
- 10.10.1975
- Launched
- 15.01.1976
- Delivered as European Clearway for Monarch Steamship Co Ltd (Townsend Car Ferries Ltd, managers) and placed on the Dover/ Zeebrugge freight ferry service
- 19.01.1987
- The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company acquired European Ferries Group Plc which included Townsend Car Ferries Ltd
- 22.10.1987
- Managers Townsend Car Ferries Ltd renamed P&O European Ferries (Dover) Ltd
- 31.12.1987
- Ownership transferred from Monarch Steamship Co Ltd to P&O European Ferries (Dover) Ltd. Overall length corrected to 117.85m
- 15.03.1991
- Sold by P&O European Ferries (Dover) Ltd to Abbey National Leasing (1) Ltd and then leased back
- 07.1992
- Placed on Portsmouth/Le Havre freight ferry service
- 01.05.1993
- Internal charter to P&O European Ferries (Portsmouth) Ltd ended. Laid up in Chatham
- 05.08.1993
- Sold by Abbey National Leasing (1) Ltd to Pandoro Ltd. Managers now Pandoro Ltd. Operating company P&O European Transport Services Ltd
- 06.08.1993
- Sent for refit to Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. Accommodation refurbished and converted for reduced (50) passengers; lift fitted and stability enhanced in conversion by Consultancy Services Ltd, Liverpool
- 15.10.1993
- Registry transferred to Hamilton, Bermuda. Call sign now ZCAW5
- 01.11.1993
- Refit completed
- 04.11.1993
- Entered Rosslare/Cherbourg freight ferry service
- 1994
- Re-measured. Gross tonnage now 8,139 gt. Net tonnage now 2,441 nt
- 31.12.1994
- Management transferred to POETS Ship Management Ltd. Gross tonnage 8,023 gt, net tonnage 2,406 nt, deadweight 1,630 tonnes, breadth 21.60m, capacity 52 passengers, 53 freight units
- 03.01.1996
- Renamed Panther
- End 1996
- Power 13,000 bhp/9,698kW. Crew 26
- 01.07.1997
- Operators renamed P&O Trans European
- 30.09.1997
- Managers renamed P&O Ship Management (Irish Sea) Ltd
- 01.10.1997
- Operation transferred to P&O European Ferries (Irish Sea) Ltd
- 02.01.1998
- Renamed European Pathfinder
- 07.2002
- Sold to Erato Shipping, Kingston, St Vincent, and renamed Regina I
- 2002
- Sold to TransEuropa Ferries and renamed Begonia
- 2005
- Sold to Baltic Scandinavian Lines, Tallinn, Estonia, and renamed Via Mare
- Still reported in service