Transeuropa ferry Gardenia approaching Ramsgate |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | 1978 - 1987: European Enterprise 1987 - 2002: European Endeavour 2002 - Present: Gardenia |
| Owner: | 1978 - 1987: Townsend Thoresen 1987 - 1991: P&O 1991 - 2002: Abbey National Leasing[1] 2002 - Present: Transeuropa Ferries |
| Operator: | 1978 - 1987 Townsend Thoresen 1987 - 1996: P&O European Ferries 1996 - 2002: P&O Irish Sea 2002 - Present: Transeuropa Ferries |
| Port of registry: | Limassol, Cyprus |
| Route: | 2002 - 2005: Ramsgate-Ostend |
| Builder: | Schichau Unterweser AG, Germany |
| Yard number: | 2275 |
| Launched: | 22 December 1977 |
| Completed: | 1977 |
| In service: | 1978 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 7711139[2] Callsign P3JY9 MMSI Number: 210981000 |
| Status: | In Service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 22,152 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length: | 117.85 m (386.6 ft) |
| Beam: | 20.27 m (66.5 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.82 m (19.1 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Two Stork Werkspoor 9TM410 |
| Speed: | 18.4 kn (34.1 km/h) |
MV Gardenia is a freight ferry which is owned and operated by Transeuropa Ferries.
The Gardenia was launched for Townsend Thoresen as the European Enterprise in 1978.[3] Townsend Thoresen was absorbed by P&O European Ferries in 1987 and the same year the vessel was renamed European Endeavour by the new owners. In 1996 P&O European Ferries transferred European Endeavour to P&O European Ferries Irish Sea operation. European Endeavour was sold to Transeuropa Ferries in July 2002 whilst laid up at Dunkirk and was renamed Gardenia for use on their Ostend – Ramsgate freight service.[4] Following a refit her maiden voyage between Ostend and Ramsgate took place on 15 January 2003.[5]