Yard number 502 Launched 29 January 1965 | Construction started August 1964 Length 108 m | |
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Name Free Enterprise II
1982 Moby Blu Owner Townsend Bros. Ferries Ltd.
1982 Moby Lines Operator Townsend Thoresen, Dover, England. Route Dover-Calais (1966-1969)
Dover-Zeebrugge (1968-1970)
Southampton-Cherbourg (1970-1974) Builder N.V. Werf “Gusto”, Schiedam, Rotterdam
Engines J. & K. Smit, Kinderdijk | ||
MS Free Enterprise II was a cross-Channel ferry operated by Townsend Thoresen between 1965 and 1982. The ship features prominently in the comedy film San Ferry Ann. In later life as Moby Blu she served Corsica and Elba.
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History
Free Enterprise II was built by I.C.H. Holland, Werf Gusto Yard, Schiedam, Netherlands in 1965 for Townsend Brothers Ferries (later Townsend Thoresen). In November 2003, she was sold to Indian breakers St Vincent/ Grenadines, renamed Moby and sent to Alang, India for breaking.
Service
Free Enterprise II operated on the Dover–Calais, Dover–Zeebrugge and Southampton–Cherbourg routes throughout the mid to late 1960s and the 1970s. In 1980 she was chartered by Sealink and used on the Portsmouth–Cherbourg route.
In 1982, she was acquired by the NAVARMA/Moby fleet and renamed Moby Blu. They used her on routes to Corsica and then on the Piombino–Elba service.