Normandie

NORMANDIE - IMO : 9006253

Built 1992, by STX FINLAND TURKU - TURKU, FINLAND (Yard # 1315) as NORMANDIE

GRT : 27451 / DWT : 5229

Overall Length : 161.4 metres x Beam 26.0 metres.

Machinery : 2 Screw driven by 4 off Wärtsilä-Crepelle 12V32E oil engines - 12 cylinders

Speed : 20.5 knots (Service Speed : 19 knots)

 

History

•1992: NORMANDIE : BAI Brittany Ferries : Port of Registry(POR) ??.

•2016: 11 April : Shortcut on electric board caused power loss on board of ferry NORMANDIE at around 1730 CET Apr 11. Vessel with 493 passengers and 111 crew was some 30 nm northeast of Barfleur in English Canal, en-route from Portsmouth to Ouistreham, Caen. Four crew suffered burns, two serious. Helicopter was sent to ferry, two seriously injured crew were medevaced to hospital. Salvage tug Abeille Liberte was dispatched to assist ferry, but crew managed to restore power at around 2000 CET. Vessel resumed voyage, but changed course and headed for Cherbourg, to disembark passengers and repair.

•2020: Still trading.

 

NORMANDIE photographed on 5 May 1992 at Leaving Portsmouth

 

Ship Details : Miramar - May 2020

 

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