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Pride of Flanders
Merzario Hispana - Nordic Ferry - Pride of Flanders - Flanders - Stena Transporter
This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the P&O Ferries vessel
Pride of Flanders
of 1978.
Pride of Flanders
was one of a class of 11 sister ships built by Hyundai in South Korea between 1977/78. They were built for Stena Line for charter or sale. Her first charter was as
Merzario Hispania
with Merzario Lines. In January 1980 she was cahertered to
Townsend Thoresen European Ferries
, for Felixstowe-Europoort service as
Nordic Ferry
. In December 1980,
Nordic Ferry
was rebuilt with extra passenger and freight accommodation at Hapag Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven, returning to
Townsend Thoresen European Ferries
in February 1981. In 1986,
Nordic Ferry
was converted into a fairly basic passenger ferry (cabins had minimal private facilities) by the addition of accommodation blocks on the upper freight deck. She transferred to the Felixstowe-Zeebrugge service, replacing two of the Super-Vikings which moved to Portsmouth. In 1987, the charter passed to P&O European Ferries when P&O acquired the Townsend Thoresen routes, and in 1992 she was renamed
Pride of Flanders
. In 1995, the Felixstowe-Zeebrugge service reverted to freight only, and
Pride of Flanders
had her passenger accommodation removed the following year at Harland & Wolff. She returned to service on the Felixstowe-Europoort service. In July 2002,
Pride of Flanders
was sold to Stena Line and temporarily renamed
Flanders
. The UK terminal was switched from Felixstowe to Harwich.
Flanders
was renamed
Stena Transporter
and was chartered to Scandlines for service between Trelleborg and Travemünde from September to November 2002, after which she returned to Harwich-Europoort. From April to July 2003,
Stena Transporter
ran between Dublin and Holyhead.
Ship Names on this Page:-
Flanders
- Stena Line 2002
Merzario Hispana
- Merzario Lines: 1978-1980
Nordic Ferry
- Townsend Thoresen: 1980-1987
Nordic Ferry
- P&O: 1987-1992
Pride of Flanders
- P&O: 1992-2002
Stena Transporter
- Stena Line 2002-
Other Ships in this Class:-
Baltic Ferry
Cerdic Ferry (2)
Doric Ferry
Nordic Ferry
- this page!
Norsky (1)
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Pride of Flanders
Merzario Hispana
(Merzario Lines: 1978-1980)
Photograph of
Merzario Hispana
.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl.
Nordic Ferry
(Townsend Thoresen: 1980-1987)
(P&O: 1987-1992)
Photograph of
Nordic Ferry
with passenger accommodation and P&O funnel colours.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl.
M.N.W.Edwards postcard Br.f.2 of
Nordic Ferry
, in P&O colours.
Photo: © M.N.W.Edwards, Felixstowe, July 29th 1988.
Official P&O European Ferries postcard
Nordic Ferry
.
Photo: © FotoFlite.
Pride of Flanders
(P&O: 1992-2002)
Official P&O European Ferries "Clipper Line" postcard of
Pride of Flanders
.
The same card was also issued a Ferry Publications 406.
Photo: © FotoFlite.
Simplon Postcards release sp1101 of
Pride of Flanders
, issued May 1992.
Photo: © Mike Louagie, Zeebrugge, March 1992.
Chantry Classics postcard CC/S233 of
Pride of Flanders
.
Photo: © Dieter Streich.
Photograph of
Pride of Flanders
at Zeebrugge.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1992.
Photograph of
Pride of Flanders
arriving at Zeebrugge.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1992
Photograph of
Pride of Flanders
arriving at Zeebrugge.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1992
Photograph of
Pride of Flanders
arriving at Zeebrugge.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1992
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Photograph of
Pride of Flanders
arriving at Zeebrugge.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1992
.
Photograph of
Pride of Flanders
arriving at Zeebrugge.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1992
.
Photograph of
Pride of Flanders
arriving at Zeebrugge.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1992
.
Photograph of
Pride of Flanders
arriving at Zeebrugge.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1992
.
Photograph of
Pride of Flanders
arriving at Zeebrugge.
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1992
.
Photograph of
Pride of Flanders
.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl.
Photograph of
Pride of Flanders
after removal of passenger accommodation.
Photo: © Cees de Bijl.
Flanders
(Stena Line: 2002)
Photograph of
Flanders
.
Photo: © Rob de Visser - Scan:
Fakta om Fartyg
Photo: © Rob de Visser - Scan:
Fakta om Fartyg
Photo: © Jan Möller - Scan:
Fakta om Fartyg
Stena Transporter
(Stena Line: 2002- )
Two other ships in this class have been named
Stena Transporter:-
Stena Transporter
1983-1985
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Stena Transporter 1978,1980
Photograph of
Stena Transporter
.
Photo: © Rob de Visser - Scan:
Fakta om Fartyg
Photo: © Rob de Visser - Scan:
Fakta om Fartyg
Photo: © Rob de Visser - Scan:
Fakta om Fartyg
Photo: © Frank Lose, Holyhead, 14/05/2002 - Scan:
Fakta om Fartyg
Stena Transporter
leaving Harwich
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th march 2007
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Stena Transporter
leaving Harwich
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th march 2007
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Stena Transporter
leaving Harwich
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th march 2007
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Stena Transporter
passing Felixstowe
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th march 2007
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Stena Transporter
passing Felixstowe
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 12th march 2007
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