MS Pride of Free Enterprise
Ferry, 1980-2015 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see Pride of Bruges.
MS Pride of Free Enterprise was a RORO Passenger and Freight ferry operating services between Almeria and Nador on a time-charter basis to the Spanish ferry operator Acciona Trasmediterranea. The ship was formerly called the M/F Oleander (2001-2013), P&OSL Picardy (1999-2001), Pride of Bruges (1987-1999) and Pride of Free Enterprise (1980-1987). She was operated by FerriMaroc and Comarit between 2010 and 2011 and previously owned and operated by TransEuropa Ferries between Ramsgate and Ostend. TransEuropa Ferries owned the ferry between 2001 and 2013 and operated her between 2001 and 2010 before placing her on charter. She was scrapped at Alang in late 2015 under the name Sher.
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Builder | Schichau Unterweser AG, Germany |
Yard number | 2281 |
Launched | 31 May 1980 |
Completed | 1980 |
Maiden voyage | 1980 |
In service | 1980 |
Out of service | 2015 |
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Fate | Scrapped at Alang, India in 2015. |
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Tonnage | 13,728 tons[1] |
Length | 132.5 m (434 ft 9 in)[1] |
Beam | 23.15 m (75 ft 11 in)[1] |
Draught | 5.72 m (18 ft 9 in)[1] |
Installed power | 24000 bhp[1] |
Propulsion | 3 × Sulzer 12ZV40/48 engines |
Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)[1] |
Capacity | 1,326 passengers[1] |
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