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Princess Seaways docked on the River Tyne in September 2014.
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History | |
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Ordered | 1985 |
Builder | Seebeckwerft |
Yard number | 1058 |
Launched | 30 November 1985 |
Completed | 1986 |
Maiden voyage | 2 June 1986 |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Peter Pan class cruiseferry |
Tonnage | |
Length | 161 m |
Beam | 27.6 m |
Draft | 6.2 m |
Propulsion | 4 MAK 8M552 diesels of 19,876 kW or 26,655 hp |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
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MS Princess Seaways is a cruiseferry operated and owned by the Danish shipping company DFDS Seaways on a route connecting North Shields, England, to IJmuiden in the Netherlands. She was built in 1986 as Peter Pan by Seebeckwerft, Bremerhaven, Germany for TT-Line. Between 1993 and 2002, the ship was operated by TT-Line Company of Tasmania under the name Spirit of Tasmania a service across the Bass Strait. In 2002, the ship was sold to Fjord Line and renamed Fjord Norway for service from Denmark. In 2006, she was sold to DFDS Seaways and sailed as Princess of Norway before being given her current name in 2011.