MS Pride of Canterbury
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Not to be confused with Pride Canterbury, an annual pride event.
MS Pride of Canterbury was a cross-channel ferry operated by P&O Ferries between Dover, United Kingdom and Calais, France. She made her maiden voyage on 4 January 1992 as the European pathway. She was converted in 2003 to a pure passenger vessel. She retired from service on the 10 September 2023 before a brief lay up and a departure for Alaiga to be broken up for recycling
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Pride of Canterbury approaching Calais | |
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Port of registry | Limassol, Cyprus |
Route | Dover - Calais |
Builder | Schichau Unterweser AG, Germany |
Yard number | 1076 |
Launched | 8 October 1991 |
Completed | 29 December 1991 |
Maiden voyage | 4 January 1992 |
Out of service | 5 October 2023 |
Identification | IMO number: 9007295 |
Fate | Scrapped Alaiga, Turkey |
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Length | 179.7 m (589 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 28.3 m (92 ft 10 in) |
Draft | 6.27 m (20 ft 7 in) |
Installed power | 4 x Sulzer 8ZA40S diesel engines |
Propulsion | Two controllable pitch propellers |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
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