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MV P&O Pioneer
Rollon rolloff ferry / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MV P&O Pioneer is a roll-on/roll-off cross-channel hybrid ferry operated by P&O Ferries. She is the first of her class ordered by P&O Ferries to replace the ageing Pride of Kent, with her sister P&O Liberte[2] due to follow in early 2024 to replace the ageing Pride of Canterbury and also Spirit of Britain in 2024 which has been chartered to Irish ferries.
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Name | P&O Pioneer |
Owner | P&O Ferries |
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Port of registry | Limassol, ![]() |
Route | Dover–Calais (2023–present) |
Builder | Guangzhou Shipyard International, Guangzhou, China |
Cost | £130 million[1] |
Yard number | 19121007 |
Laid down | 21 December 2020 |
Launched | 2 January 2022 |
Maiden voyage | 19 June 2023 |
In service | 19 June 2023 |
Identification | IMO number: 9895161 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 47,394 GT |
Length | 230.5 m (756 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 30.8 m (101 ft 1 in) |
Decks | 10 |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20.8 knots (38.5 km/h; 23.9 mph) |
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