- Pride of Provence
The Pride of Provence was a
ferry which sailed betweenDover andCalais forP&O Ferries .History
Built at Chantiers de France, Dunkerque and completed in
1983 as the Stena Jutlandica she sailed forStena Line betweenGöteborg andFrederikshavn until1996 when she was replaced by a new ferry of the same name. She was transferred to Stena Line's UK operation for service betweenDover andCalais . Prior to entering service on this route she was refitted to allow vehicles to enter her upper vehicle deck through the bow and stern. During this refit she was renamed Stena Empereur. When P&O European Ferries and Stena Line's Dover-Calais operations merged she kept her Stena name for a short time before being renamed P&OSL Provence in1998 . When P&O bought Stena Line's share ofP&O Stena Line in2002 the P&OSL Provence briefly carried the name PO Provence before being repainted in the newP&O Ferries livery and becoming the Pride of Provence in2003 . In late2004 she was withdrawn from service and laid up for sale as part of a business review. She was sold to GA Ferries ofGreece and became the Alkmini A. Despite undergoing a refit for GA Ferries she never entered service with them but was instead chartered to Kystlink ofNorway . She is now named Pride of Telemark.Routes Served
Göteborg -Frederikshavn . Stena Line 1983-1996Dover -Calais . Stena Line 1996-1998Dover -Calais . P&O Stena Line 1998-2002Dover -Calais . P&O Ferries 2002-2004Langesund -Strömstad . Kystlink 2005 - "present"Langesund -Strömstad . Kystlink 2006 - "present"tatistics
*Gross Tonnage: 28,559
*Length: 156.2m
*Beam: 28.4m
*Vehicle Capacity: up to 550 cars.
*Passengers: 2,204
*Service Speed: 19 knotsReferences
[http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/stena_jutlandica_1983.htm Fakta om Fartyg]
[http://www.equasis.org Equasis information system]
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