1,152 grt; 1,575 dwt; 480 lane-metres ro-ro capacity; 12 passengers.
Owner:Thoresen Car Ferries A/S, Oslo, Norway; Operator/charterer: Thoresen Car Ferries Ltd, Southampton (Townsend Thoresen services).
Built: 1967 by Trosvik Verksted A/S, Brevik, Norway.Yard no 87.
Propulsion: twin-screw with 2 x eight-cylinder, four-stroke MaK 8M451AK of 2,814 bhp (total) at 375 rpm. Speed: 15 knots.
Built for Otto Thoresen Shipping Co, A/S, Oslo, Norway; for service between Southampton and Cherbourg.
1968-re-registered to Thoresen Car Ferries A/S, Oslo and chartered to Thoresen Car Ferries Ltd., Southampton.
1971-to Dover-Zeebrugge route; 1977-Felixstowe-Europoort.
1981-sold to Vroon BV, Breskens, Netherlands, converted to livestock carrier and renamed GUERNSEY EXPRESS (Philippines flag).
1996-foundered in typhoon November 9th in position 13.02N/144.01E on voyage from Brisbane to Osaka. Crew rescued but cargo of sheep lost.
Photo: on No 1 berth, Dover, 1971