MS Pride of Kent
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For other ships with the same name, see Pride of Kent.
MS Pride of Kent was a cross-channel ferry operated by P&O Ferries, it operated on the Dover to Calais route from 2003 until its retirement in June 2023. Before that, between 1992 and 2002, it had operated on the Dover to Zeebrugge route.
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Pride of Kent approaching Calais | |
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Builder | Schichau Unterweser AG, Germany |
Yard number | 1073 |
Launched | 14 December 1991 |
Completed | 12 June 1992 |
Maiden voyage | 16 June 1992 |
Out of service | 4 June 2023 |
Identification | IMO number: 9015266 |
Fate | Scrapped in Aliaga, Türkiye |
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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 Diesels |
Propulsion | Two controllable pitch propellers |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
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