P&O Ferries Pride of Bruges - Further Ferry Information and Vessel Description The Pride of Bruges entered life in 1987, built by Govan Shipbuilders Ltd (Glasgow) for North Sea Ferries, part of the P&O Group. Christened Norsun, she first followed the Hull-Rotterdam route until 2002 when she received the P&O Ferries livery & transferred to the Hull-Zeebrugge service. During the delivery voyage MV Pride of Bruges she was chartered to deliver 850 brand new cars from Japan to Rotterdam. For full information on P&O Ferries - Click Here.
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The Pride of Bruges was originally built for North Sea Ferries named Norsun. The vessel was used on their Hull to Rotterdam route. The Pride of Bruges or Norsun as it was then known, was built as a replacement along with Norsea (Now the Pride of York ) as the Rotterdam route had built up trade to the point where the current vessels, Norland and Norstar could no longer cope with the demand of the route.
In May 2001 the vessel was replaced on the Hull Rotterdam route by the new mv Pride of Rotterdam , once relieved of active duty she was sent off for a major refurbishment. Once complete she was put onto the Hull to Zeebrugge route replacing the Norstar. The following year she was renamed mv Pride of Bruges. |
P&O Ferries Pride of Bruges Ferry Statistics
- Length - 179.2 m
- Breadth - 25.4 m
- Draught - 6.13 m
- Speed - 18.5 knots
- Engines - 4 x Sulzer Diesels
- Built - 1987
- Yard - Govan Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, UK
- Cars - 850
- Passengers - 1250
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