Spirit of Britain
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Uploaded by poferries1 on Oct 21, 2010
P&O Ferries has signed a €360m contract with Aker Yards for the two largest ferries ever to be constructed for the Dover-Calais service.
The first of these ships will enter service in January 2011 and the second in September 2011, replacing the Pride of Dover and the Pride of Calais. They will be built at the Aker shipyard in Rauma, Finland.
The company has taken options on a further two vessels of the same design.
At 49,000 gross tonnes and 210 metres in length, the two ferries will be the largest ships capable of fitting into existing facilities in the Channel ports and will be the first Channel ferries designed to manoeuvre under their own power in 50 knot winds.
They will have space for more than 180 freight vehicles, more than doubling the freight carrying capacity of the ships they are replacing, whilst additionally providing a third vehicle deck for up to 195 tourist vehicles. They will be capable of carrying up to 2,000 passengers.
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@ArianeQube at 2:03 you can see the two outdoor decks
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Just passed the Channel with it from Calais to Dover. Beautiful ship, incredibly flexible. Take it from me, go to the first passenger deck, and then go all the way to the stern of the ship, it has an outdoor deck. It's awsome, specially if it rains :D
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@macanix only swimmers alowed ! s.o.l.a.s 35-4-88.99.........
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I was just waiting for some pumping heavy metal to start playing and the game credits to start as the war against Eurostar BEGINS!
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Impressive... now I want to see all those people get on the 4 lifeboats that I saw...
macanix 1 year ago 3
I hope that a talented 3D modeller will soon model this wonderful ship for the simulator called Virtual Sailor!!!
luci66 1 year ago