6,112 grt; 1,325 dwt; 1,200 passengers; 250 cars
Operator: Regie voor Maritiem Transport, Oostende, Belgium
Built 1978 by NV Cockerill Yards Hoboken, Hoboken, Belgium. Yard no: 887
Propulsion: twin-screw with 2 x vee-18-cylinder, four-stroke Cockerill-Pielstick 18PC2-5V-400 of 23,400 bhp (total) at 520 rpm. Speed: 22 knots
1986-to Boelwerf NV, Temse, Belgium for rebuilding with extra car deck and side sponsons
1998-sold Hawthorn Shipping Co Ltd, Limassol, Cyprus and renamed EUROVOYAGER for charter to TransEuropa Ferries for service Ostend-Ramsgate
2012-to breakers at Alang, Turkey, arrived 30/4
Seen at Dover’s Western Docks circa 1983 in her original form before “jumboisation” with a second vehicle deck