Career | |
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Name: | Viking Viscount (1975 - 1989) Pride of Winchester (1989 - 1995) Vitsentzos Kornaros (1995 - Present) |
Owner: | European Ferries (1975 - 1987) P&O Ferries (1987 - 1995) Lasithiotiki (1995 - Present) |
Port of registry: | Greece |
Builder: | Aalborg Værft AS |
Yard number: | 206 |
Launched: | 1975 |
Identification: | IMO number: 7358327 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage: | 6,386 |
Length: | 128.71 m |
Beam: | 19.81 m |
Draught: | 4.53 m |
Speed: | 21 knots |
Capacity: | 1,100 passengers 260 cars |
The MS Pride of Winchester was built in 1975 for Townsend Thoresen. Her original name was Viking Viscount. European Ferries Group was purchased by P&O and became P&O European Ferries and the ship was renamed Pride of Winchester in 1989 and remained on the Portsmouth to Cherbourg route until 1994 when she was replaced by a bigger ship, the original Pride of Le Havre.