Viking Voyager

Viking Voyager - Pride of Cherbourg - Pride of Cherbourg II - Bañaderos - Barlovento

 

 

This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Townsend-Thoresen ferry Viking Voyager. Viking Voyager was the second of four sisterships, which were known as the "Super Vikings". Individual pages on all Super Viking ships are available:- Viking Venturer - Viking Valiant - Viking Voyager - Viking Viscount

 

Viking Voyager was built in 1976 by Aalborgs Værft A/S, Ålborg, Denmark, for service between Felixstowe-Zeebrugge. She was transferred to the South Coast in 1986 for routes from Southampton to Le Havre and Cherbourg. The UK port later transferred to Portsmouth. From 1985 Viking Voyager primarily ran to Cherbourg, when Le Havre services passed to the the two rebuilt sisterships Viking Venturer and Viking Valiant. In December 1987, ownership passed to P&O European Ferries, and in 1989 she was renamed Pride of Cherbourg (1). In 1994 she was renamed Pride of Cherbourg II, releasing her name for Pride of Le Havre (1) which took her place on the Cherbourg route. Later that year she was sold to Lineas Fred.Olsen for Canary Isles services as Bañaderos, and from 2000 as Barlovento. Barlavento was replaced by the delayed Benchijigua Express (3) in 2005, and was the last conventional ferry in Lineas Fred.Olsen service. She was sold to Greek operator Saos Ferries.

 

 

Ship Names on this Page:-

Viking Voyager - Townsend Thoresen: 1976-87

Viking Voyager - P&O Ferries: 1987-89

Pride of Cherbourg (1) - P&O Ferries: 1989-1994

Pride of Cherbourg II - P&O Ferries: 1994

Bañaderos - Lineas Fred.Olsen: 1994-2000

Barlovento - Lineas Fred.Olsen: 2000-

 

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Townsend Brothers Ferries

Townsend Thoresen 1968-74

Townsend Thoresen 1975-87

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Viking Voyager

 

Viking Voyager

(Townsend Thoresen: 1976-1987)

 

 

Generic official postcard of a "Super Viking", postcard, sold on all four sisters.

Note lack of exhaust pipes, and no additional lounge under the mainmast.

 

Official Townsend Thoresen generic "Super Viking", postcard, sold on all four sisters.

 

Postcard of Viking Voyager at Zeebrugge.

 

Ramsey postcard of Viking Voyager .

 

Photograph of Viking Voyager, leaving Portsmouth .

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1986.

 

Photograph of Viking Voyager, leaving Portsmouth .

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1986.

 

 

 

 

 

Viking Voyager

Pride of Cherbourg (2)

Pride of Cherbourg II

(P&O: 1987-1994)

 

 

Photograph of Viking Voyager, leaving Portsmouth .

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1987.

 

Photograph of Viking Voyager with P&O funnel colours.

Photo: © FotoFlite.

 

Official P&O European Ferries generic "Super Viking" postcard, of Viking Voyager/Viscount, issued befores renaming as Pride of Cherbourg (1)/Winchester.

J.Arthur Dixon L7/SP9845.

 

Official P&O European Ferries generic "Super Viking" postcard, of Pride of Cherbourg (1)/Winchester.

Fincom Holdings X0129.

 

Official P&O European Ferries postcard, of Pride of Cherbourg (1).

 

Official P&O postcard of Pride of Cherbourg (1) (with Pride of Bilbao behind).

Published by J.Arthur Dixon, serial number L7/SP11383.

 

Ferry Publications postcard 0112 of Pride of Cherbourg (1).

Photo: © Miles Cowsill.

 

Ferry Publications postcard 422 of Pride of Cherbourg (1).

Photo: © FotoFlite.

 

Chantry Classics postcard CC/S154 of Pride of Cherbourg (1) arriving Portsmouth.

Photo: © Walter Sartori.

 

ARA postcard XO23 of Pride of Cherbourg (1) leaving Portsmouth.

 

Photograph of Pride of Cherbourg (1).

Photo: © Andreas Wörteler.

 

Photograph of Pride of Cherbourg II (temporarily renamed to free name for Pride of Cherbourg (2)), ex-Pride of Le Havre).

Photo: © Andreas Wörteler.

 

 

 

 

 

Bañaderos

Barlovento

(Lineas Fred.Olsen: 1994-2005)

 

Bañaderos was built as the Townsend-Thoresen ferry Viking Voyager in 1976 for the Felixstowe-Zeebrugge service. In 1986 she was transferred to the Portsmouth-Cherbourg service and was renamed Pride of Cherbourg in 1989. She was sold in 1994 to Lineas Fred.Olsen, renamed Bañaderos, and placed on the Santa Cruz de Tenerife-Agaete service. In 1999 she was renamed Barlavento and transferred to the Los Cristianos-Santa Cruz de la Palma/Valverde routes. Barlavento was replaced by the delayed Benchijigua Express (3) in 2005, and was the last conventional ferry in Lineas Fred.Olsen service. She was sold to Greek operator Saos Ferries.

 

 

 

Official Lineas Fred.Olsen postcard of Bañaderos.

 

This photo was supplied by Lineas Fred.Olsen.

 

This photo was supplied by Lineas Fred.Olsen.

 

This Fred.Olsen Lines picture shows Benchijigua Express with the "old Benchijigua" and Barlavento in La Gomera.

 

 

 

 

 

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