The ship that started the Norfolk Line ro-ro services.
758 grt (1,966 gt); 1,128 dwt; 12 passengers; 24 trailers.
Operator: Norfolk Lijn BV. Owner: L Remeeus NV. Flag: Netherlands. Port of Registry: Scheveningen.
Built: 1969 by A Vuijk & Zonen, Kapelle a/d Ijssel, Netherlands. Yard no 829.
Main engine: eight-cylinder, four-stroke MWM TRHS345-8U of 2,400 bhp. Speed: 15 knots.
1982-sold to Truckline Ferries SA, Paris, France; renamed TOURLAVILLE for service Cherbourg-Poole.
1984-CHRISTINA KAVADA (Cyprus flag); 1986-PANTELLERIA Italian flag); 2010-SPORADES (Greek flag); 2011-TASIMA (Moldovan flag).
2011-to breakers at Aliaga, Turkey 7/12
Photo: departing Great Yarmouth, Norfolk bound for Scheveningen, Netherlands. The Norfolk port gave the service its name but the service later moved to Felixstowe and Rotterdam. Norfolk Line was later taken over by first Maersk and then DFDS