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                                 History

 Building contract
 Start of Production
 Keel laid
 Launch
22/10/1991Ship completed by shipyard. However , due to vibration problems RMT didnt accept ship delivery.
2-4/1992Repaired on Cockerill Werft
4/1992Delivered to Regie voor Maritiem Transport, Netherlands.
5/1992Ostend – Dover service on RMT
14/9/1994Accident resulted in 6 deaths when a linkspan collapsed on Ramsgate.
29/4/1997Laid up on Dunkerque
5/1998Sold to Stena Line. Bermuda flag
7/1998New name Stena Royal
20/11/1998Charter to P&O Stena Line Dover – Zeebrugge route.
14/5/1999New name P&OSL Aquitaine
1999Rebuild interior
11/1999Dover – Calais route
27/4/2000Failed to stop whilst berthing at Calais due to a propeller fault.  Mnay injures and heavy damages  both ship and pier.
5/2000Repaired on A&P Shipyard, Falmouth
1/6/2000Back in service.
15/10/2002P&O Line service same route.
3/2003New name Pride of Aquitaine.
6/2005Laid up on Dunkerque
13/9/2005Sold to Louis Dreyfus
2/10/2005New  name Norman Spirit
3/10/2005Le Havre – Portsmouth route
11/2005Italian flag
6/2006UK flag.
11/11/2009Boulogne – Dover route
3/2010Co-operation with  LD Lines and Trans Europa Ferries (TEF). Charter to TEF.
 New name Ostend Spirit
27/3/2010Oostende – Ramsgate and Boulogne – Dover routes.
1/5/2010Drydocking at Rotterdam.
1/6/2010Oostende – Ramsgate route
14/3/2011Drydocking on Gdansk
19/4/2011French flag.
28/4/2011Depart from Gdansk
2/5/2011Le Havre – Portsmouth route.
29/11/2011Charter to DFDS Seaways. Name again Norman Spirit.
1/12/2011Dunkerque – Dover route
3/12/2011Arrived ARNO Dunkerque
2/2012Docking on ARNO, France
17/2/2012DFDS Seaways & LD Lines service Calais – Dover route.
3/2013Refurbished public areas on Gdansk
3/2012Name will be changed to Calais Seaways
2/5/2013New owner  DFDS Seaways SAS, France
25/4/2015Arrived to Remontowa, Gdansk for drydocking
29/5/2015Docking completed, two main engines replaced.
1/6/2015Back in service Calais – Dover route
 5/8/2021 Laid up at Dunkerque
 3/11/2021 Sold to Zatarga Ltd (Irish Continental Group Plc., Ireland.)
 10/11/2021 New name Isle of Innisfree. Cyprus flag.
16/12/2021  Dover – Calais route.
 6/2024 Rosslare-Pembroke route.