Topic: SPIRIT OF BRITAIN LAUNCHED (Read 18842 times)

Pride of Dover · « **Reply #50 on:** January 05, 2011, 20:43:06 »

gess what guys?
I am gona be there when she arrives!!!!!!!!!!!!

she arrives at about 11 on sunday morning so as the docks are only 2 mins away, I'm going to go down and watch her arrive, dont worry, i'll take pictures for all of you

The Ferry King · « **Reply #51 on:** January 06, 2011, 17:24:56 »

when i usually go to Dover i sometimes go up the cliffs (not the castle) but a car park area that some people also call Love-cliff you know... but i go there because the view is amazing and you will see the whole port and if the weather is clear you could be able to see calais and some cliffs in calais too!

But this is where she is right now!:
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/default.aspx?mmsi=235082716&centerx=21.44232&centery=61.12498&zoom=10&type_color=6

and there is a chance that she might go under the E20 bridge but looking at the website there is a chance she might go a different direction but thats all we can hope for

did it say 9 Jan? Please let it be on January and no ice please!!!!!

My Birthday is on 9 January and it would be great if the ship arrived on the same day of my birthday

Pride of Dover · « **Reply #52 on:** January 06, 2011, 18:06:29 »

hey TFK, she is deffinatly due on the 9th

happy birthday for then

hope you have a ferry nice day

The Ferry King · « **Reply #53 on:** January 06, 2011, 18:37:17 »

Quote from: Pride of Dover on January 06, 2011, 18:06:29

hey TFK, she is deffinatly due on the 9th happy birthday for then hope you have a ferry nice day

Thanks,

i really hope i can go on her in February for holiday and see the interior but nice to hear that we have a friend who lives close to Dover just 2 mins away!

MokMok · « **Reply #54 on:** January 06, 2011, 18:54:29 »

What will happen to the Pride of Dover and Pride of Calais? Will they be chartered, be sold or go to the scrapeyard?

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #55 on:** January 06, 2011, 19:07:29 »

Not sure - at the moment the Dover is laid up at Tilbury

The Ferry King · « **Reply #56 on:** January 06, 2011, 19:20:06 »

I think i might go and visit her before the plan of what will happen to her is finished

she is currently (as the website says) laid up in Tilbury Docks (that near river thames)

The Ferry King · « **Reply #57 on:** January 09, 2011, 17:32:04 »

Did she arrive at dover today?

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #58 on:** January 09, 2011, 17:37:45 »

She did indeed

Bottman · « **Reply #59 on:** January 09, 2011, 22:46:48 »

Look here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLcagVyvSfE&feature=player_embedded#!
Hopefully I didn't miss that link before, so it was double posted now...

The Ferry King · « **Reply #60 on:** January 10, 2011, 16:09:34 »

How comes only the p&O website has videos and pictures?

where's our pic taker who promised us for some of his own pics (Pride Of Dover)

MokMok · « **Reply #61 on:** January 10, 2011, 17:42:42 »

What are the safety features oh this new ferry? I saw in the above-mentioned youtube video that she has two bow doors, the outer one as a kind of a clam door and the inner one acting as the collision bulkhead door.

Does the Spirit of Britain also have flood control doors at her main cardeck and doe she have a double hull (built in sponson), like the Dutch L.P.D. Hr. Ms. Rotterdam does?

The Ferry King · « **Reply #62 on:** January 12, 2011, 16:57:21 »

sorry this should have been posted earlier but some bugg didnt let me but here it is:

9/1/11

Having negotiated over 100 miles of ice flow (the worst seen in 30 years), 40mph snow storms and some very testing sea conditions in the North Sea, the Spirit of Britain finally entered Dover harbour shortly after 11am on Sunday 9th January.
Greeted by glorious sunshine and hundreds of onlookers lining the cliffs and seafront, the vessel made a trip across the harbour prior to berthing in the Eastern Docks for the very first time. In fact the sense of the occasion was wonderfully captured by a welcoming salute from rival SeaFranceâ€™s Berlioz as the Spirit of Britain entered the harbour.
Upon arrival Captain David Miller enthused about the vesselâ€™s exquisite sea-keeping qualities even in some pretty unsavory conditions. He noted that this bodes well for the smoothness of the journey it should be able to deliver on her new Dover-Calais service.
Included below are a couple of pictures of the Spirit of Britain arriving on Sunday together with a hint of what you can expect to find onboard when she enters service at the end of next week.

The Ferry King · « **Reply #63 on:** January 13, 2011, 16:32:46 »

for the interest:
some more pics of her arrival in Dover;

^^Spirit of britain berth trials December

^^ as you can see, she is quite a big ship compared to all the other ferries. This pic is of Spirit Of Britain and Pride Of Calais

The Ferry King · « **Reply #64 on:** January 13, 2011, 16:43:40 »

and a final pic to end it off:

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #65 on:** January 13, 2011, 17:08:31 »

They will need quite a big space on the beach at Alang in 2036...

MokMok · « **Reply #66 on:** January 13, 2011, 17:32:33 »

A Question:

Why does every ferry have a fender along her hull near the waterline, I see it also on the Spirit of Britain and the other vessel of Norfolk Line.

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #67 on:** January 13, 2011, 18:03:59 »

In case they have a Spambot captain trying to park it?

The Ferry King · « **Reply #68 on:** January 13, 2011, 18:35:01 »

Quote from: Stuart2007 on January 13, 2011, 17:08:31

They will need quite a big space on the beach at Alang in 2036...

that wont happen...

Pride of Dover · « **Reply #69 on:** January 13, 2011, 22:40:03 »

gess who gets to go on a round trip with a bridge visit in 3 weeks?

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #70 on:** January 13, 2011, 22:49:18 »

Quote from: Pride of Dover on January 13, 2011, 22:40:03

gess who gets to go on a round trip with a bridge visit in 3 weeks?

Will you remember the pictures that time?

The Ferry King · « **Reply #71 on:** January 14, 2011, 16:07:21 »

maybe video too?

Pride of Dover · « **Reply #72 on:** January 14, 2011, 18:20:22 »

Quote from: The Ferry Man on January 13, 2011, 22:49:18

Will you remember the pictures that time?

I do have pictures, but there all like 3mb each so they are too big to put on here

The Ferry King · « **Reply #73 on:** January 14, 2011, 18:23:16 »

how did you win a trip onboard her bridge?

The Ferry King · « **Reply #74 on:** January 14, 2011, 20:08:07 »

Iâ€™ve heard a few people mutter that the Spirit of Britain didnâ€™t look â€˜that bigâ€™ when she entered the Port of Dover last Sunday. Perhaps from up on the cliffs her size was not immediately apparent.
Thanks then to the Senior Master of the Pride of Canterbury Captain Steve Johnson (who incidentally will also be Senior Master of the Spirit of France) who from his unique vantage point was able to perfectly capture the size of the new ship in comparison to the Pride of Calais

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