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NORSEA (1987)

Service dates: 1987-2006

Official number: 712654

Shipping lines: NORTH SEA FERRIES LTD.; P&O NORTH SEA FERRIES; P&O FERRIES

Ship type:


Roll on/Roll off Passenger Ferry.


Career

09.09.1986
Launched by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
07.05.1987
Delivered as Norsea for The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company for management and operation by North Sea Ferries Ltd.
31.05.1988
Ownership transferred to Braham Shipping Ltd (non-Group company).
01.12.1991
Re-measured. Now deadweight 6,419 tonnes.
01.01.1997
North Sea Ferries Ltd renamed P&O North Sea Ferries Ltd.
2002
Following an internal rebuilding, she transferred to the Hull/ Zeebrugge service receiving P&O Ferries livery.
2003
Renamed Pride of York.
03.2006
DP World bought The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, therefore the vessel was no longer in P&O service.
Still reported in service


Ship technical details (PDF)