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was sold to Panmar
Ferries Services of Nicosia, Cyprus, and left for service in the Mediterranean. From 1983, she saw service in the Far East. In 1995, she was bought by Hellenic Mediterranean Lines and renamed
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between 1967 and 1981. She was sold for further service in the
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was the first of three new car ferries delivered to Coast Lines in 1966/67 to update the Irish Sea services of the
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and the ferries took on the P&O Ferries colours, with pale blue funnels. The service closed in 1981 and
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Her end came in March 2004 when she was sold to Indian breakers. She arrived at
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660:"Belfast Steamship Co. Ltd - Ulster Prince (1967)"
394:night service, replacing the pre-war motorships
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285:2x 12 Cylinder Pielstick Diesel; 2663-5368 kW
8:
421:day service of Burns & Laird. In 1971,
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132:1995-2004: Hellenic Mediterranean Lines
632:"Ship Fact Sheet ULSTER PRINCE (1967)"
123:1982: Panmar Ferries Services, Nicosia
17:
610:"MV Ulster Prince - Past and Present"
7:
612:. Dover Ferry Photos. 23 June 2017
453:for Hellenic Orient Lines between
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129:1988: Shun Tak Enterprises, Macau
1875:Ships built by Harland and Wolff
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117:1967-1978: Belfast Steamship Co
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590:. The Yard/Harland & Wolff
413:was smaller and took over the
120:1978-1982: P&O Ferries Ltd
1:
1860:Ferries of the United Kingdom
662:. Ian Boyle/Simplon Postcards
261:113.7 m (373.0 ft)
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277:4.16 m (13.6 ft)
269:16.5 m (54.1 ft)
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461:. In 2000, she was named
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1870:Ships of P&O Ferries
1585:Pride of Free Enterprise
311:274 1st class passengers
126:1984: Varsity SA, Panama
1293:Max Mols (Caen Express)
242:General characteristics
407:. The third new ship,
1564:Pride of Cherbourg II
317:598 2nd class (seats)
314:138 2nd class (cabin)
1557:Pride of Cherbourg A
1383:P&OSL Canterbury
353:operated across the
1675:Pride of Winchester
1627:Pride of Portsmouth
1529:Pride of Canterbury
1369:P&OSL Aquitaine
1230:Free Enterprise VII
1144:European Pathfinder
1103:European Highlander
1075:European Enterprise
1040:European Ambassador
791:European Highlander
736:Pride of Canterbury
425:were taken over by
376:. She was built by
1592:Pride of Hampshire
1550:Pride of Cherbourg
1543:Pride of Cherbourg
1536:Pride Of Cherbourg
1487:Pride of Aquitaine
1473:Portsmouth Express
1411:P&OSL Provence
1306:Merchant Brilliant
1223:Free Enterprise VI
1137:European Navigator
1096:European Freighter
1068:European Endeavour
1061:European Endeavour
928:Atlantic Freighter
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865:Pride of Rotterdam
637:. P&O Heritage
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1759:SuperStar Express
1648:Pride of Sandwich
1634:Pride of Provence
1620:Pride of Le Havre
1613:Pride of Le Havre
1578:Pride of Flanders
1515:Pride of Burgundy
1404:P&OSL Picardy
1216:Free Enterprise V
1165:European Seafarer
1054:European Diplomat
1047:European Clearway
991:Cherbourg Express
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784:European Causeway
743:Spirit of Britain
484:on 3 April 2004.
378:Harland and Wolff
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1717:Southern Carrier
1661:Pride of Suffolk
1641:Pride of Rathlin
1376:P&OSL Calais
1313:Merchant Valiant
1244:Global Freighter
1181:European Tideway
1158:European Pioneer
1151:European Pathway
1130:European Mariner
1116:European Highway
1089:European Freeway
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1522:Pride of Calais
1508:Pride of Bruges
1501:Pride of Bruges
1494:Pride of Bilbao
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1390:P&OSL Dover
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1188:European Trader
1173:European Seaway
1123:European Leader
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282:Installed power
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148:P&O Ferries
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1480:Pride of Ailsa
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1397:P&OSL Kent
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553:Igoumenitsa
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471:Port Rashid
423:Coast Lines
250:4,478
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495:Liverpool
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388:Liverpool
355:Irish Sea
196:Completed
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567:Umm Qasr
557:Brindisi
477:, Iraq.
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320:230 cars
306:Capacity
188:Launched
139:Operator
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1327:Norcove
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963:Buffalo
830:Norking
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419:Belfast
392:Belfast
365:History
274:Draught
247:Tonnage
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163:Belfast
86:Neptuna
80:Macmosa
74:Long Hu
44:History
36:Eleusis
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1696:Rodona
1348:Norsea
1272:Lehola
1033:Equine
844:Norsky
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523:China
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467:Manar
463:Vatan
459:Çeşme
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335:Notes
298:Speed
155:Route
112:Owner
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98:Vatan
32:Vatan
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1251:Ibex
668:2018
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