Port of registry Limassol, Cyprus Beam 20 m | Launched 22 December 1977 | |
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Name Star Fighter (2014 onwards)
Ardenia (2014)
Gardenia (2002-2014)
European Endeavour (1987-2002)
European Enterprise (1978-1987) Owner Oilchart (2013-Present)
TransEuropa Ferries (2002-2013)
Abbey National Leasing (1991-2002)
P&O (1987-1991)
European Ferries (Townsend Thoresen) (1978-1987) Operator Transeuropa Ferries (2002-2013)
P&O Irish Sea (1996-2002)
P&O European Ferries (19870-1996)
Townsend Thoresen (1978-1987) Route 2002 - 2013 Ramsgate-Ostend Builder Schichau Unterweser AG, Germany | ||
MV Star Fighter is a freight ferry which was previously operated by TransEuropa Ferries but was laid up in April 2013 after TEF went bankrupt, she has since been sold and has been renamed the Ardenia. On the 27/09/2014 she was registered to Kosilio Shipping Co Ltd, Limassol, Cyprus and was then subsequently renamed MV Star Fighter along with her former fleet mate Larks which was renamed MV Lucky Star, she then departed Piraeus for Limassol in early November where she was laid up following her name change. She was scrapped at Alang, India, in December 2016.
History
The ship was launched for Townsend Thoresen as the European Enterprise in 1978. Townsend Thoresen was absorbed by P&O European Ferries in 1987 and the same year the vessel was renamed European Endeavour by the new owners. In 1996 P&O European Ferries transferred European Endeavour to P&O European Ferries Irish Sea operation. European Endeavour was sold to Transeuropa Ferries in July 2002 whilst laid up at Dunkirk and was renamed Gardenia for use on their Ostend – Ramsgate freight service. Following a refit her maiden voyage between Ostend and Ramsgate took place on 15 January 2003.