{"id":5124,"date":"2017-12-16T16:04:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T14:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=5124"},"modified":"2024-05-17T19:56:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T17:56:32","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=5124","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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                                 History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
 <\/td>Building contract<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>Start of Production<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>Launch<\/td><\/tr>
22\/10\/1991<\/td>Ship completed by shipyard. However , due to vibration problems RMT didnt accept ship delivery.<\/td><\/tr>
2-4\/1992<\/td>Repaired on Cockerill Werft<\/td><\/tr>
4\/1992<\/td>Delivered to Regie voor Maritiem Transport, Netherlands.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1992<\/td>Ostend – Dover service on RMT<\/td><\/tr>
14\/9\/1994<\/td>Accident resulted in 6 deaths when a linkspan collapsed on Ramsgate.<\/td><\/tr>
29\/4\/1997<\/td>Laid up on Dunkerque<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1998<\/td>Sold to Stena Line. Bermuda flag<\/td><\/tr>
7\/1998<\/td>New name Stena Royal<\/td><\/tr>
20\/11\/1998<\/td>Charter to P&O Stena Line Dover – Zeebrugge route.<\/td><\/tr>
14\/5\/1999<\/td>New name P&OSL Aquitaine<\/td><\/tr>
1999<\/td>Rebuild interior<\/td><\/tr>
11\/1999<\/td>Dover – Calais route<\/td><\/tr>
27\/4\/2000<\/td>Failed to stop whilst berthing at Calais due to a propeller fault.  Mnay injures and heavy damages  both ship and pier.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/2000<\/td>Repaired on A&P Shipyard, Falmouth<\/td><\/tr>
1\/6\/2000<\/td>Back in service.<\/td><\/tr>
15\/10\/2002<\/td>P&O Line service same route.<\/td><\/tr>
3\/2003<\/td>New name Pride of Aquitaine.<\/td><\/tr>
6\/2005<\/td>Laid up on Dunkerque<\/td><\/tr>
13\/9\/2005<\/td>Sold to Louis Dreyfus<\/td><\/tr>
2\/10\/2005<\/td>New  name Norman Spirit<\/td><\/tr>
3\/10\/2005<\/td>Le Havre – Portsmouth route<\/td><\/tr>
11\/2005<\/td>Italian flag<\/td><\/tr>
6\/2006<\/td>UK flag.<\/td><\/tr>
11\/11\/2009<\/td>Boulogne – Dover route<\/td><\/tr>
3\/2010<\/td>Co-operation with  LD Lines and Trans Europa Ferries (TEF). Charter to TEF.<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>New name Ostend Spirit<\/td><\/tr>
27\/3\/2010<\/td>Oostende – Ramsgate and Boulogne – Dover routes.<\/td><\/tr>
1\/5\/2010<\/td>Drydocking at Rotterdam.<\/td><\/tr>
1\/6\/2010<\/td>Oostende – Ramsgate route<\/td><\/tr>
14\/3\/2011<\/td>Drydocking on Gdansk<\/td><\/tr>
19\/4\/2011<\/td>French flag.<\/td><\/tr>
28\/4\/2011<\/td>Depart from Gdansk<\/td><\/tr>
2\/5\/2011<\/td>Le Havre – Portsmouth route.<\/td><\/tr>
29\/11\/2011<\/td>Charter to DFDS Seaways. Name again Norman Spirit.<\/td><\/tr>
1\/12\/2011<\/td>Dunkerque – Dover route<\/td><\/tr>
3\/12\/2011<\/td>Arrived ARNO Dunkerque<\/td><\/tr>
2\/2012<\/td>Docking on ARNO, France<\/td><\/tr>
17\/2\/2012<\/td>DFDS Seaways & LD Lines service Calais – Dover route.<\/td><\/tr>
3\/2013<\/td>Refurbished public areas on Gdansk<\/td><\/tr>
3\/2012<\/td>Name will be changed to Calais Seaways<\/td><\/tr>
2\/5\/2013<\/td>New owner  DFDS Seaways SAS, France<\/td><\/tr>
25\/4\/2015<\/td>Arrived to Remontowa, Gdansk for drydocking<\/td><\/tr>
29\/5\/2015<\/td>Docking completed, two main engines replaced.<\/td><\/tr>
1\/6\/2015<\/td>Back in service Calais – Dover route<\/td><\/tr>
 5\/8\/2021<\/td> Laid up at Dunkerque<\/td><\/tr>
 3\/11\/2021<\/td> Sold to Zatarga Ltd (Irish Continental Group Plc., Ireland.)<\/td><\/tr>
 10\/11\/2021<\/td> New name Isle of Innisfree. Cyprus flag.<\/td><\/tr>
16\/12\/2021\u00a0<\/td>\u00a0Dover – Calais route.<\/td><\/tr>
\u00a06\/2024<\/td>\u00a0Rosslare-Pembroke route.<\/td><\/tr>
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