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LOI
Building contract by Townsend Thoresen
Start of Production
Keel laid
11/4/1987 Launch
Sea trials
27/11/1987 Delivered to Townsend Thoresen, that time part of P&O Group, UK
4/12/1987 Dover –  Calais route P&O Ferries service
31/12/1987 Owner P&O European Ferries Ltd, UK
3/3/1998 Operated P&O Stena ine , same route.
12/1998 New name P&OSL Calais.
16/7/2002 Grounded on Calais harbour. Few days out of service due to repairs
8/2002 Operator P&O Ferries again
15/10/2002 New name PO Calais
1/2/2003 New name Pride of Calais
27/12/2004-28/1/2005 Refurbished at A&P Hebburn, Tyne, UK
30/11/2005-25/1/2006 Refurbished at A&P Hebburn, Tyne, UK
21/2/2006 Collapse gangway when berthing to Dover port
18/1-12/2/2007 Refurbished at A&P Hebburn, Tyne, UK
2/3/2010 Drydocking A&P Hebburn, Tyne, UK
26-29/6/2010 Out of service due to mechanical problems
1-11/3/2011 Drydocking A&P Falmouth
23/10/2012 Laid up for sale at Tilbury, UK
19/12/2012 Arrived to Ostend. New name Ostend Spirit
20/12/2012 Bareboat charter-purchase agreement with Trans Europa Ferries
Mid 1/2013 Ostend – Ramsgate route
18/4/2013 Laid up at tilbury.
30/10/2013 Final voyage from Tilbury to Aliaga, Turkey
13/11/2013 Arrived to Aliaga
Scrapped