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P&O Scottish Ferries 
Fate Dissolved Successor Northlink Ferries Founded 1971 Defunct 2002 Headquarters Aberdeen, Services Passenger transportation
Freight transportationParent P&O P&O Scottish Ferries ran ferry services between the Scottish mainland and Orkney and Shetland.
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History
P&O took over the routes from the long-established North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Company in 1971. They branded their services "P&O Ferries" from 1975 to 1989 and "P&O Scottish Ferries" thereafter.
The services were taken over by Northlink Ferries in 2002.[1]
Services
They sailed from Aberdeen to Stromness and Lerwick, and from Scrabster to Stromness.
In keeping with the tradition of the company which preceded them on the route, their vessels were (with one or two exceptions) named after saints, such as the St Clair and the St Magnus.
Fleet
At the end of operations in 2002, the company had four vessels covering the routes:
- St Ola (IV): Scrabster - Stromness
- St Sunniva (III): Aberdeen - Stromness - Lerwick
- St Clair (V): Aberdeen - Lerwick
- St Rognvald (IV): Freight services, calling at Aberdeen, Stromness, Kirkwall and Lerwick
References
- ^ Deayton, Alistair (2002). Orkney & Shetland Steamers. Stroud: Tempus Publishing Ltd.
External links
Categories:- Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
- Ferries of Scotland
- Northern Isles
- Defunct companies of Scotland
- Companies established in 1971
- Companies disestablished in 2002
- Ferry stubs
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