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EAGLE (1971)
Service dates: 1971-1975
Official number: 340803
Shipping lines: GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY; P&O SHORT SEA SHIPPING; P&O FERRIES
Ship type:
Roll on/Roll off Passenger Ferry.
Career
- 16.10.1970
- Launched by Mrs Edith Morkelman.
- 13.05.1971
- Delivered as Eagle for the General Steam Navigation Company Ltd, London.
- 01.10.1971
- Management transferred to P&O Short Sea Shipping Ltd.
- 31.03.1975
- Management transferred to P&O Ferries.
- 19.12.1975
- Sold to Nouvelle Compagnie de Paquebots (Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Reunis SA) France, and renamed Azur.
- 1987
- Sold to Azur Transportation Inc, Panama, and renamed The Azur. She was converted to a passenger cruise ship.
- 1994
- Sold to Festival Cruises without a change of name.
- 2004
- Festival Cruises failed and The Azur was sold for $10.5 million to an unknown operator. Renamed Eloise.
- 2005
- Sold to Mano Cruises, Israel, and renamed Royal Iris. Still in service.