End of the line for the 'Ostend Spirit'

[Koeketiene]

Started life as the 'Prins Philip' on the Ostend-Ramsgate route.
At that time she was the largest cross-Channel ferry in operation.
Then she continued her life as the 'Pride of Calais' sailing on the Dover-Calais route, and later she became the 'Ostend Spirit' and once again sailed the Ostend-Ramsgate route again.
She was last ferry ever built in a Belgian yard.

Coming into port for the last time

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a64_1390488998

 

[UncleAlbert]

Brilliant , thanks for that excellent bit of helming.

 

[Tradewinds]

Brilliant , thanks for that excellent bit of helming.

Bottom looks clean.

I wonder whose antifouling they used . . . ?

 

[sailorman]

i had seen the delivery from seaward
that was impressive

 

[photodog]

Kinda sad.

 

[Koeketiene]

Kinda sad.

+1

 

[pks1702]

It is sad.

There is a thread running on Mobo section with it beaching.

The certainly meant it!

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?385578-Old-channel-ferry-beached-on-video

 

[sailorman]

It is sad.

There is a thread running on Mobo section with it beaching.

The certainly meant it!

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?385578-Old-channel-ferry-beached-on-video

Check the OPs link. He got there forst

 

[Debennut]

This ship was the Pride Of Calais not Prins Filip. Prins Filip is currently sailing for DFDS as Calais Seaways.

 

[thalassa]

This ship was the Pride Of Calais not Prins Filip. Prins Filip is currently sailing for DFDS as Calais Seaways.

Correct. I'm joining a tour of the ship next week with a group of ex-workers from the Temse yard which built her ...

 

[Koeketiene]

This ship was the Pride Of Calais not Prins Filip. Prins Filip is currently sailing for DFDS as Calais Seaways.

Correct. I'm joining a tour of the ship next week with a group of ex-workers from the Temse yard which built her ...

Can't believe anything you read in the papers these days.