MS Barfleur (1992)

MS Barfleur at Cherbourg
History
Name	Barfleur (2012 onwards) Deal Seaways (2012) Barfleur (1992–2012)
Owner	SENAMANCHE (1992 - 2020) Brittany Ferries (2020 - present)
Operator	Brittany Ferries (2012 onwards) DFDS Seaways France (2012) Brittany Ferries (1999-2012) Truckline Ferries (1992–1999)
Port of registry	Cherbourg,  France
Route	Poole–Cherbourg
Ordered	1990
Builder	Kværner Masa-Yards Helsinki New Shipyard, Finland
Yard number	485
Launched	26 July 1991
Completed	1992
In service	1992
Identification	IMO number: 9007130
General characteristics
Tonnage	20,133 GT
Length	158.7 m (520.7 ft)
Beam	23.3 m (76.4 ft)
Installed power	4 × 8-cyl Wärtsilä Vasa 8R32 diesels, 4,020bhp each geared to two controllable pitch propellers
Speed	19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph)
Capacity	1,212 passengers 590 cars; or 304 cars and 66 freight vehicles.
Crew	185

MS Barfleur is a ferry operated by Brittany Ferries on the route between Poole on the south coast of England and Cherbourg, France. She was built at Masa Yards Turku New Shipyard in Finland for the Brittany Ferries subsidiary Truckline and entered service in 1992. In 1999 she was repainted in Brittany Ferries standard livery. Barfleur was the last ship to carry the 1983–2002 version of the Brittany Ferries logo and livery which was replaced by the post-2002 version in March 2009. She sails under the French flag and is registered in Cherbourg. Excluding the HSC Normandie Express and RoRo cargo vessels, she is the smallest passenger vessel in Brittany Ferries' fleet.^{[citation needed]}

From 27 April 2012 until December that year, she was in service with DFDS Seaways who had renamed her as Deal Seaways to ensure she had the same initials as their other ships, all DS. She was used on their joint Dover–Calais route with LD Lines.