PRIDE OF WINCHESTER

PRIDE OF WINCHESTER - IMO : 7358327

Built 1976, by Danyard Aalborg - Aalborg, Denmark (Yard # 208) as VIKING VISCOUNT

GRT : 6387 / DWT : 1616

Overall Length : 128.8 metres x Beam 20.2 metres.

Machinery : 3 Screws each driven by an oil engine.

Centre shaft engine a STORK-WERKSPOOR 4 stroke single acting 9 cylinder with the wing shafts each driven by a STORK-WERKSPOOR 4 stroke single acting 8 cylinder engine.

Speed : 21 knots

 

History POR = Port of Registry

•1976: VIKING VISCOUNT : Monarch Steamship Co Ltd: POR Dover.

•1987: VIKING VISCOUNT : P&O European Ferries (Portsmouth) Ltd: POR Dover.

•1989: PRIDE OF WINCHESTER: P&O European Ferries (Portsmouth) Ltd: POR Dover

•1991: PRIDE OF WINCHESTER: Howill Shipping Ltd Ltd: POR Dover

•1994: VITSENTZOS KORNAROS : Lasithiotiki Shipping SA : POR Agios Nikolaos, Kea

•2020 : Sold for breaking up at Aliaga

 

PRIDE OF WINCHESTER photographed on 4 September 1989 arriving at Portsmouth

 

Ship Details : Miramar - May 2020 / Marine News (2012)

 

The following link is of the ferry arriving at Aliaga to start the demolition which includes a U Tube video of the event

ferryshippingnews.com/vitsentzos-kornaros-ex-viking-visco...

 

 

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