MS Normandy
Normandy in dry dock, Belfast
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| Builder: | Götaverken, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Yard number: | 909 |
| Launched: | 22 May 1981 |
| Christened: | 7 June 1982 by Princess Birgitta of Sweden |
| Completed: | December 1981 |
| Acquired: | 3 May 1982 |
| In service: | 3 June 1982 |
| Out of service: | September 2008 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 7901772 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| Notes: | Sister ship of Stena Europe |
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| Length: | 149.03 m (488.94 ft) |
| Beam: | 26.01 m (85.33 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.10 m (20.01 ft) |
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| Speed: | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) |
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| Tonnage: | 17,043 GT |
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MS Normandy was a ferry, last owned by the Singapore-based oil service company Equinox Offshore Accommodation, under charter the Morocco-based ferry operator Ferrimaroc. She was built in 1981 by Götaverken, Gothenburg, Sweden, and first entered service in 1982 as MS Prinsessan Birgitta for Stena Sessan Line. She has also served under the names MS St Nicholas and MS Stena Normandy.
The ship latterly known as MS Normandy was originally ordered from Götaverken in the late 1970s by Sessan Linjen, Sweden, with a planned delivery date in late 1981. Before the ship was completed, Sessan Linjen's main rival Stena Line purchased the majority of shares is Sessan, leading to the formation of Stena Sessan Line. After Stena acquired Sessan they cancelled the order for the new ship, and the shipyard were forced to complete her on their own account. Temporarily named MS GV 909 and registered in Gotheburg, the ship was completed in December 1981 and subsequently laid up in Gothenburg.
In May 1982, Stena Sessan changed their mind and decided to purchase the GV 909 after all. The company wanted to name the ship Drottning Silvia in honour of Queen Silvia of Sweden, but the Royal Household of Sweden declined. Eventually the ship was named M/S Prinsessan Birgitta in honour Princess Birgitta, sister of King Carl XVI Gustav. Princess Brigitta herself christened the ship on 7 June 1982 (the ship had already entered traffic on 3 June). Prinsessan Birgitta's service with Stena Sessan proved to be short, as she was chartered to Sealink in February 1983.
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