MS Pride of Burgundy


MS Pride of Burgundy is a cross-channel ferry owned by P&O Ferries. She has operated on the Dover to Calais route since 1993.

History

MS Pride of Burgundy was planned as the fourth 'European Class' freight-only vessel, to be named European Causeway for P&O European Ferries' Dover to Zeebrugge route. Due to demand on the Dover - Calais route, the ship was converted to a multi-purpose ferry prior to completion with the addition of extra superstructure. It is a commonly stated in ferry publications and website that the original choice of name for the ship was Pride of Lille. By capacity, she is one of the smallest Dover – Calais ferries, only taking 1,200 passengers and 600 cars.
In 2010 she was chartered to Ramsgate in east Kent to host the opening of the Thanet Wind farm. The Pride of Burgundy took new crew, wind farm employees, their families and VIPs right out to sea to see the wind turbines up close. She was back in service the next day
On 27 October 2012 the Pride of Burgundy collided with the MyFerryLink ship MS Berlioz due to high winds. The Pride of Burgundy sustained damage to its right bridge wing, but was fixed in a couple of hours. The MS Berlioz received damage to her lifeboats putting her out of service.
The Pride of Burgundy departed Dover on 3 March 2017 for Gdansk where she underwent a major refit. She arrived at the Remontowa shipyard on 5 March and returned to Dover on 25 March, resuming her usual Dover to Calais schedule the following day.
In early 2019, the Pride of Burgundy, like all P&O vessels on the Dover-to-Calais route, has been flagged out to Cyprus, a measure explained by the company as motivated by tax advantages in view of Brexit. She is now registered in Limassol.

Layout

Pride of Burgundy is the second smallest vessel to operate a frequent service on the P&O Ferries Dover to Calais Route. She has 11 decks.

Sister ships

Pride of Burgundy has no identical sisters because of her conversion to multi-purpose passenger vessel during construction. She shares mechanical, layout and visual features with the other 'European Class' ships in the P&O fleet:-
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