A Focus On Ferries - The SNCF "Valencay"

The SNCF Ferry "VALENCAY" arriving at Newhaven Harbour from Dieppe in the early 1970s.

 

Builder: Dubigeon-Normandie S. A., Nantes, France and Chantiers de Atlantique, Nantes, France.

Yard number: 809 and E23.

Dimensions (length, breadth, depth): 104.86 x 17.68 x 4.2 metres.

Tonnages (gross, net, dead weight): 3,433, 1,401, 668.

Engines: Two 16 cylinder, Pielstick diesel.

Power: 9,106 kW.

Speed (knots): 21.

Passenger certificate: 1,200.

Car capacity: 180.

6.2.1965: Valencay launched.

18.6.1965: Arrived at Dieppe.

21.6.1965: Delivered to Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français, Dieppe, France.

13.7.1965: Entered service Dieppe/Newhaven.

1977: Returned to builders for partial raising of vehicle deck by 56 centimetres and cutting of bow visor.

2.1978: Returned to service.

9.1984: Laid up at Calais.

1985: Sold to Strintzis Lines S. A. Piraeus, Greece. Renamed Eptanisos.

5.2000: Sold to Ventouris Ferries, Piraeus, Greece. Renamed Pollux.

2003: Registered in Panama. Renamed Pollux I.

 

Camera: Olympus Pen F Half Frame SLR.

Film: Agfacolour.

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