Spirit of france
- 12 January 2012 20:18146973a bit of breaking news, it seems that the vibration problems have been sorted.
due to leave rauma on the 24th and arrive in dover the 28th of this month.
remember the great turn out for the "spirit of britain"?
let's do it again the 28th is a saturday. - 13 January 2012 00:48147036Ah yes. In the true spirit of La Belle France they have retro-fitted Amuse 'Bouches.'
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 14 January 2012 09:15147193Got the latest information on this through from P&O directly...now just this minute on our frontpage. Gorgeous picture of it there with lots of detail. Carries quite a payload. Bit of good news for channel travel at last.
email: dover7@msn.com - 14 January 2012 11:31147219Yes certianly does look impressive and i'm sure there will be a chance to take a trip on it, the ferries are becoming more like mini cruise ships every day.
- 24 January 2012 13:16149111due to leave rauma today hopefully to arrive on saturday.
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=235082717 - 24 January 2012 15:21149130Howard - Spirit of France is on its way to Dover, left Rauma at lunchtime today.
- 24 January 2012 15:36149132As the ship is exacly the same as the other one, I'll save some time with a picture now :)
Been nice knowing you :) - 24 January 2012 16:04149137i bet there will be a good turn out on saturday even though the ship is identical to the "spirit of britain".
late morning should suit most people. - 24 January 2012 17:50149169Ah great to get a reminder. I will now remember to look out for it bigtime and hope to get a few shots. Nice pic there Paul...the tugboats spraying is always very effective in the photos, especially when you get a bit of sunlight behind the spray.
email: dover7@msn.com - 24 January 2012 20:51149212I am sure it will make a grand entrance into Dover on saturday, and i'm sure there will be a few pictures to mark the event.
- 24 January 2012 21:12149215here is the send off from snowy finland this afternoon.
- 24 January 2012 23:32149237Looking forward to seeing this one come in. Hope its a sunny Dover on Saturday, it will make for good photos on the day
- 25 January 2012 08:55149251Thats a fascinating picture from the snowy climes of Rauma there above..well done with that one Howard.This new ship is desperately needed now, following the recent changes to channel travel...so it will be all the more welcome on saturday. We can sure use the extra capacity.
Spirit of France particulars:
Gross tonnage: 47,592 tons. Length: 213m. Beam: 31.43m. Number of decks: 12.
Capacity: 170 x 15m lorries + 195 cars (or 1,000 cars). 2,000 passengers.
She is broad in the beam alright!email: dover7@msn.com - 25 January 2012 10:17149261Now we just need some competition on the Dover/Calais route.Phil West
If at first you don't succeed, use a BIGGER hammer!! - 25 January 2012 12:19149273Latest Release just in on this from P&O...now added to our frontpage as of a few moments ago. In the release we see the ship saying farewell to freezing Finland, and heading to sunny Dover.
Okay ..I tell a small fib about the sun in Dover
!!lol
Will be great to see the ship when she arrives.
Many thanks to P&O for sending the info through direct.
Have locked this item in place as no doubt the big event this week is the arrival of this new ship.
The excitement mounts.email: dover7@msn.com - 26 January 2012 15:57149466Ah...is this chap watching and waiting...is he gazing out across the blazing harbour to catch an early glimpse of the Spirit of France??
Well probably not, but its on its way and ever closer...charge your cameras..
email: dover7@msn.com - 27 January 2012 01:35149667She passed the northernmost point of Denmark shortly before midnight.I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
- 27 January 2012 09:55149678exact position can be found any time by opening the link in post 5.
- 28 January 2012 03:03149821Came back on the pride of Kent about an hour ago,they are already flying the bunting on the Kent for later today.beer the food of the gods
- 28 January 2012 10:22149845everything still on cue for 11 am according to the website.
