Port of registry Greece Yard number 206 Launched 1975 Draft 4.53 m | Builder Aalborg Værft AS Identification IMO number 7358327 Length 129 m | |
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Name Viking Viscount (1975 - 1989)
Pride of Winchester (1989 - 1995)
Vitsentzos Kornaros (1995 - Present) Owner European Ferries (1975 - 1987)
P&O Ferries (1987 - 1995)
Lasithiotiki (1995 - Present) | ||
The MS Pride of Winchester was built in 1975 for Townsend Thoresen. Her original name was Viking Viscount. European Ferries Group was purchased by P&O and became P&O European Ferries and the ship was renamed Pride of Winchester in 1989 and remained on the Portsmouth to Cherbourg route until 1994 when she was replaced by a bigger ship, the original Pride of Le Havre.
References
MS Pride of Winchester Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA