EUROPEAN TIDEWAY (1977)

Service dates: 1987-2002

Official number: 377438

Shipping lines: TOWNSEND CAR FERRIES; P&O EUROPEAN FERRIES (FELIXSTOWE); NORTH SEA FERRIES LTD.; P&O NORTH SEA FERRIES

Ship type:

• Ferry

Roll on/Roll off Passenger Ferry.

Career

11.1977

Delivered as Stena Runner for Stena Container Line Ltd, London.

1978

On charter to Arghiris Line, Greece, and renamed Alpha Progress.

1979

Had a brief charter to Tor Line.

1979

Rebuilt with extra passenger and freight accommodation at Hapag Lloyd Werft GmbH, Bremerhaven, West Germany.

1979

Sold to Samos Pearl Shipping Co Ltd, Piraeus (Hellas Ferries Co Ltd, managers) and renamed Hellas.

1981

Returned to Hapag Lloyd Werft for lengthening.

1984

Sold to Capulet Navigation Ltd, Limassol, Cyprus (Stena Line, managers).

1986

Sold to Lombard Charterhire Ltd, London (Townsend Thoresen Car Ferries Ltd, managers).

1986

On charter to Townsend Thoresen European Ferries, London, and renamed Doric Ferry.

19.01.1987

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company acquired European Ferries Group Plc.

23.01.1992

Renamed European Tideway.

31.05.1994

Acquired from Lombard Charterhire Ltd by P&O European Ferries (Felixstowe) Ltd. Charter cancelled. Now classed as a P&O ship.

12.07.1994

New certificate following re-measurement. Gross tonnage now 21,162 gt. Net tonnage now 6,348 nt.

End 1994

Re-measured. Now deadweight 6,484 tonnes.

31.12.1996

Ownership and management transferred to North Sea Ferries Ltd.

01.01.1997

North Sea Ferries Ltd renamed P&O North Sea Ferries.

01.2002

Placed on the Rotterdam/Felixstowe service.

31.07.2002

Sold to Stena Line A/B, Gothenburg, and renamed Ideway.

09.2002

Placed on the Harwich/Europoort service.

12.2002

Renamed Stena Transfer.

20.01.2007

Transferred to the Hoek Van Holland/Killingholme service.

Still reported in service

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