Pride of Dover
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| Name: | 1987-1999: Pride of Dover 1999-2002: P&OSL Dover 2002-present: Pride of Dover |
| Operator: | P&O Ferries |
| Port of Registry: | Dover,  United Kingdom |
| Completed: | 1987 |
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| Tonnage: | 26,433 tonnes |
| Length: | 169.6 m (556.4 ft) |
| Beam: | 28.27 m (92.7 ft) |
| Installed power: | Sulzer |
| Speed: | 22 kn (41 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 2,290 passengers 650 vehicles |
M/V Pride of Dover is a cross-channel ferry built in 1987 for Townsend Thoresen. Pride of Dover was the last new ship to appear in service with the famous Townsend Thoresen orange hull though she was delivered with the P&O house flag painted on her funnel which was changed from the 'TT' logo during construction. Townsend Thoresen was renamed P&O European Ferries late in 1987 and Pride of Dover was swiftly repainted in the new company colours. The industry generally regards Pride Of Dover and her sister Pride Of Calais as the most successful ferries ever built for English channel service. The ships boast superb handling characteristics and excellent seakeeping abilities. Between 1998 and 2002 she was under the control of P&O Stena Line and carried the name P&OSL Dover from 1999 until she was repainted into new P&O Ferries livery when her name returned to Pride of Dover.
Pride of Dover primarily operates the Dover–Calais route but on a number of occasions has made crossings between Dover and Zeebrugge as a result of industrial action in France.
[edit] Onboard
As with most P&O Ferries, the Dover (as it is colloquially known) has:
- International Food Court - self service restaurant
- Langan's Brasserie - Restaurant
- Offshore Shopping
- Silverstones bar
- Harbour Coffee Company - Coffee Shop
- Several lounges
- Club lounge
- Quiet lounge
- Truckers lounge
- Horizon lounge
- Amusement arcade
[edit] Deck layout
- A deck is crew space
- B deck is passenger and crew space
- C deck is passenger space
- D deck is a mezzanine car deck
- E deck is the top main car deck
- F deck is the lower mezzanine deck
- G Deck is the lower main car deck
- H Deck is the location of the engine control room and storage.
New Rules in the late 1990s meant that deck letters were replaced with numbering, where Deck 1 is the lowest part of the vessel, and, in the case of the Dover, Deck 10 is the topmost deck - previously referred to as the "monkey island deck" or M Deck.
- Deck 1 - Lower Engine Room (Previously Tank Top)
- Deck 2 - Upper Engine Room & Stores (Previously H Deck)
- Deck 3 - LVD (Lower Vehicle Deck)
- Deck 4 - Lower Mezz Decks
- Deck 5 - UVD (Upper Vehicle Deck)
- Deck 6 - Upper Mezz Decks
- Deck 7 - Passenger Spaces (Previously C Deck)
- Deck 8 - Passenger and Crew Areas (Previously B Deck)
- Deck 9 - Crew Areas (Previously A Deck)
- Deck 10 - Monkey Island (Previously M Deck)
[edit] Sister Ship
Pride of Calais Built 1987.
