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LOI
Building contract by Townsend Thoresen
Start of Production
9/4/1986 Keel laid
20/9/1986 Launch
12/5/1987 Sea trials
27/5/1987 Delivered to Townsend Thoresen, that time part of P&O Group, UK
2/6/1987 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 Dover.
8/2002 Operator P&O Ferries again
15/10/2002 New name PO Dover
3/2003 New name Pride of Dover
2003 Refurbished at A&P Falmouth, UK
22/2/2005-24/3/2005 Refurbished at A&P Hebburn, Tyne, UK
20/2/2007 Colision to pier on Calais. Back on service 25th February.
2-25/5/2007 Refurbished at A&P Hebburn, Tyne, UK
19/6/2007 Collision to pier at Dover . Repaired at ARNO Dunkerque.
7-30/4/2008 Drydocking at A&P Falmouth, UK
10-14/10/2008 Drydocking at Rotterdam due to propeller problems.
23/4-8/5/2009 Drydocking at A&P Hebburn, Tyne, UK
22-25/11/2009 Docking at ARNO Dunkerque due to engine problems.
15/27/1/2010 Docking at ARNO Dunkerque due to gearbox and propeller problems.
24-30/4/2010 Laid up at Dover  when main engines repaired-
16/12/2010 After last day in service laid up at Tilbury.
30/10/2012 Sold to Condor Maritime Dienstleistund GmbH & Co Kg, Hamburg, Germany. New name Pride.
29/11/2012 Final voyage under towing from Tilbury to Aliaga, Turkey
28/12/2012 Arrived to Aliaga
Scrapped