This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the SNCF ship Chartres of 1974.

Chartres was delivered from Dubigeon-Normandie SA in 1974, and initially used as a freight ferry between Dover and Dunkerque. During the summer she ran as a car and passenger ferry between Dover to Calais or Boulogne, returning to the Dover-Dunkerque freight route during the winter. She covered for regular ship overhauls on the Newhaven-Dieppe route twice in 1975/76. In May 1982 Chartres moved to the Newhaven route, with occasional winter stints back at Dunkerque. In 1990, Chartres returned to eastern channel services from Dover/Folkestone to Calais/Boulogne, with new ALA (Angleterre-Lorraine-Alsace) colours.

Chartres was sold to Agapitos Lines in 1993 as Express Santorini. In 1999 she was sold to Minoan Flying Dolphins, for Hellas Ferries, later rebranded Hellenic Seaways, all the while retaining the name Express Santorini. She has been chartered for summer services in the Azores since 2007.