"Normandy" at Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire

Irish Ferries vessel "Normandy" arriving & departing Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire.
Following from www.irish-ferries-enthusiasts.com:
Designed for the Gothenburg-Frederikshaven crossing, the Normandy spent most of her career on far longer routes maintaining year round services from Rosslare to France since 1989, initially on charter and purchased by Irish Ferries in 1999. Delivered to Stena Line as Prinsessan Brigitta, she was briefly on the Sweeden-Denmark route until fitted out with extra cabins to be chartered to Sealink as the St. Nicolas from 1983 until 1991. Between 1991 and 1996 she ran from Southampton to Cherbourg as Stena Normandy, and spent much of 1997 on Talink's Helsinki-Tallinn route with the name shortened to Normandy until she moved to Irish Ferries the next year.

In December 2004, Irish Ferries suspended the Normandy's sailings to France, and sent the vessel to Harland and Wolfe ship yard, Belfast ahead of schedule (leaving 200 passengers stranded in France) to prevent the vessel becoming strike bound. She was the first Irish Ferries vessel to be flagged outside of Ireland (she was registered in Nassau), and her crew were outsourced when she returned in 2005. Following her first arrival in Rosslare, she was boarded by Irish Department of the Marine inspectors, who issued a detention order on the ship for failing an inspection. She returned to service 3 days late. Throughout the summer of 2005, French seamen blocked port linkspans in Cherbourg and Roscoff, preventing the vessel from unloading for a number of hours. December 2005 saw industrial relations worsen for Irish Ferries with the remaining Irish Sea crews being offered redundancy. SIPTU issued strike notice on all sailings, and dockers in Rosslare refused to handle the Normandy on November 27th, and she headed for Dublin, where SIPTU dockers again refused to handle her, but managers tied her up. She returned to Cherbourg the next day until the strike ended. In early 2007, she went through an extensive refit again in Harland and Wolff and days later, her replacement, Kronprins Harald from colour line was announced. November 4th 2007 saw her final arrival in Rosslare, and the next day she sailed for layup in Fredericia, Denmark, pending sale.

February 6th 2008 saw the announcement by ICG that the Normandy had been sold to Equinox Offshore Accommodation Limited for use as a accommodation and repair vessel (ARV) at Singapore's Sembawang shipyard. In mid March she left Denmark for Cherbourg, where she was given a refit for a summer charter to Algerie Ferries.

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[adamsapple478]

i live in p dock and i love watching the ferry come to our terminals!!

[LZOSC]

It's in Sigapore in disrepair - they r going to convert it to a DP class 1 vesel most likely

[WAYNE1977100]

I sailed on this ferry from Southampton to Cherbourg in August 1994. I was 16 at the time. I loved it.

[NetworkNorm]

This ship was one of my all time favourites - I sailed on her countless times when she used to run for Stena Sealink Line between Southampton and Cherbourg. Excellent camerawork by the way!

[granskare]

we sailed on this vessel from Helsinki to Tallinn and return in 1997,,

[urbannicklassigurd]

Really a skilld man behind the camera !!

[lestaby]

I was a crew on her, and boy can she roll....

[dpkay08]

i was on the Isle of Inishmore yesterday Rosslare to Pembroke being on it twice now

[ballygeale1]

saild on it a few times ,from ireland 2 france

[cunardliners]

Lovely ferry mate. Thanks.