Pride of Calais
Current Status: Current Fleet
Joined Fleet: 1987
The Pride of Calais was built by Schichau-Unterweser AG, Bremen-Vegesack in Germany. The initial order was placed by Townsend Thoresen however when delivered P&O had completed their full take over and as such the ship was delivered in P&O livery. The design was based upon a larger version of the Spirit Class (Pride of Free Enterprise, Spirit of Free Enterprise & Herald of Free Enterprise) which were designed and built some thirteen years earlier.
Both the Pride of Calais and her sister the Pride of Dover are now beginning to show their age in terms of layout and interior brightness and this leads a lot of the time to them being considered the oldest of the fleet which is quite true. What is often overlooked however is the rest of the fleet are less than 5 years younger. So despite being over 24 years old they are still regarded as the most successful ferry ever built for the Dover to Calais route.
In 2007 P&O commissioned a project to design the next generation of ferries, these ferries when designed and built are set to replace the Pride of Calais and her sister the Pride of Dover.
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Sister Ships
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Former Names
| Pride of Calais: | 1987 - 1998 |
| P&OSL Calais: | 1998 - 2002 |
| PO Calais: | 2002 - 2003 |
| Pride of Calais: | 2003 - current |
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Quick Facts
| Cars: | 650 |
| Passengers: | 2290 |
| Built: | 1987 |
| Speed: | 22 knots |
| Route: | Dover to Calais |
| Crossing Time: | 90 minutes |
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