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