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The Letter of Intent (LOI)
Building Contract
Keel laid
4/2/1989Launch and named to Normandie
13/7/1989Delivered to Brittany Ferries
16/7/1989Plymouth – Santander  and Roscoff – Cork routes.
29/1/1993Portsmouth – Santander and Portsmouth – Caen routes
3/1993Plymouth – Santander  and Roscoff – Cork routes.
2005Roscoff – Plymouth route
29/1/2006Portsmouth – Cherbourg route
2/2006Roscoff – Plymouth route
Winter 2006/2007Portsmouth – Santander  and Roscoff – Plymouth routes.
27/2/2007Cherbourg – Poole route for two weeks.
2009Refurbished
5/1-9/2/2011Drydocking at Gdansk
12/2011Laid up Dunkerque , later Le Havre
3/2012Portsmouth – St. Malo route
28/11/2012Laid up Dunkerque
18/3/2013Portsmouth – St. Malo route
2/2025Sold to Balearia.
17/3/2025New name Rosalind Franklin. Cyprus flag.