CAR-FERRY M. V. PRINCE OF BRITTANY
Brittany Ferries
Postcard published by Éditions d'Art "JACK", Louannec, 4352.
El ferry Prince of Britanny was built as the MS Prince of Fundy in 1970 by Schiffbau Gesellschaft Unterweser, AG, in Bremerhaven, Germany, for the Swedish company Lion Ferry service between Portland, Maine, and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. The ship was chartered by Brittany Ferries from 17 April 1978 initially to sail on the Portsmouth-Santander route. Her main route was Portsmouth-Saint Malo and she was renamed MS Prince of Brittany. She was subsequently bought and registered in France in 1980. On 30 December 1988, she was renamed MS Reine Mathilde in preparation for her transfer to the Portsmouth-Caen (Ouistreham) route. In 1991 was subsequently chartered by British Channel Island Ferries (BCIF) in which Brittany Ferries held a large share. In 1992, she took up service between Poole and the Channel Islands under a Bahamas registration and renamed MS Beauport. She later she was in service for Hellenic Inter Ferries (1994-1995) and Comanav (1995-2000). Later she became the property of the Government of Trinidad & Tobago (2000-2005). In 2005, she was sent to India and was scrapped on a beach at Alang.
Traveler's collection.
