IMO number: 9533816
Name: Spirit of France
Operator: P&O Ferries
Port of registry: Dover, United Kingdom
MMSI number: 235082717
Route: Dover-Calais
Builder: STX Europe, Rauma shipyard, Finland
Cost: €180million
Yard number: 1368
Laid down: 08. Aug 10
Launched: 18 February 2011
Completed: 24 January 2012
Maiden voyage: 9 February 2012
Tonnage: 49,000 tonnes
Length: 213 m (698.8 ft)
Beam: 31.4 m (103.0 ft)
Draft: 6.5 m (21.3 ft)
Installed power: 4 x MAN 7L 48/60 Diesels
Propulsion: 2 × controllable pitch propellers
3 × Bow thrusters
Speed: 22 kn (41 km/h)
Capacity: 2,000 passengers
180 lorries or 1,059 cars[2]
Notes: 2,700 lane meters