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POINTER (1970)
Service dates: 1974-1985
Official number: 363274
Shipping lines: P&O STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY; BELFAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY LTD.; P&O FERRIES; POETS FLEET MANAGEMENT LTD.
Ship type:
Roll on/Roll off Cargo Ferry.
Career
- 17.07.1970
- Launched.
- 10.1970
- Delivered as Isartal for Transanglia Schiffahrts GmbH & Co (J A Reinecke, managers) West Germany.
- 1973
- Renamed Antwerpen.
- 1974
- Registered under Rollonoff Shipping Ltd, London, and renamed Preseli.
- 06.11.1974
- Purchased by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company and bareboat chartered to British Rail for their Fishguard/ Rosslare service.
- 31.03.1975
- P&O Ferries appointed managers.
- 13.12.1976
- Ownership transferred to Belfast Steamship Company Ltd.
- 06.04.1977
- British Rail charter finished.
- 09.06.1977
- Renamed Pointer.
- 14.07.1978
- Ownership transferred to P&O Ferries Ltd.
- 31.12.1984
- Transferred to POETS Fleet Management Ltd.
- 18.12.1985
- Sold to Sea Malta Co Ltd, Malta, and renamed Zebbug.
- No further details