MS Olau Hollandia (1989)

History
SNAV Sardegna sailing into Civitavecchia harbour

Name:	1989—1994: Olau Hollandia 1994—2005: Pride of Le Havre 2005—2017: SNAV Sardegna 2017 onwards: GNV Cristal
Owner:	1989—2005: TT Line 2005 onwards: SNAV
Operator:	1989—1994: Olau Line 1994—2005: P&O Ferries 2005 onwards: SNAV
Port of registry:	1989—1993: Hamburg, Germany 1993: Luxembourg, Luxembourg 1993—1994: Hamburg, Germany 1994—2006: Portsmouth, United Kingdom 2006 onwards: Naples, Italy
Route:	Olbia—Civitavecchia / Palermo—Civitavecchia (as of 2008)
Builder:	Schichau Seebeckwerft, Bremerhaven, West Germany
Yard number:	1067
Laid down:	10 September 1988
Launched:	25 February 1989
Acquired:	29 September 1989
In service:	4 October 1989
Identification:	IMO number: 8712518
Status:	In service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Peter Pan class cruiseferry
Tonnage:	33,336 GT 5,200 DWT
Length:	161.00 m (528 ft 3 in)
Beam:	29.00 m (95 ft 2 in)
Draught:	6.50 m (21 ft 4 in)
Installed power:	4 × Zgoda-Sulzer 8ZA40S (combined 18,638 kW)
Propulsion:	2 propellers 2 bow thrusters
Speed:	21.3 knots (39.4 km/h; 24.5 mph)
Capacity:	1,716 passengers 1,716 passenger berths 575 cars 118 trailers 1,510 lanemeters

MS GNV Cristal is a cruiseferry owned by the Italy-based SNAV and operated on their Olbia—Civitavecchia and Palermo—Civitavecchia services. She was built in 1989 by Schichau Seebeckwerft in Bremerhaven, West Germany as MS Olau Hollandia for Olau Line. From 1994 to 2005 she sailed as MS Pride of Le Havre for P&O ferries.. From 2005 to 2017 she has been operating as the SNAV Sardegna between Civitavecchia, Palermo and Olbia.

Olau Line had been owned by the Germany-based TT-Line since 1979. Under TT-Line ownership, Olau Line had acquired two purpose-built ferries, MS Olau Hollandia (1981) and MS Olau Britannia (1982) for their Sheerness—Vlissingen service. During the mid-80s TT-Line acquired MS Peter Pan (1986) and MS Nils Holgersson (1986), enlarged versions of the Olau Hollandia and Olau Britannia design, for their Trelleborg—Travemünde service. During the latter half of the decade, TT-line decided to order two more ships of the Peter Pan-type from Schichau Seebeckwerft in Bremerhaven, West Germany as replacements for the two Olau ships. The first of these ships was delivered in 1989 as the second Olau Hollandia, replacing her older namesake.