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Brittany Ferries is the trading name of the French shipping company, BAI Bretagne Angleterre Irlande S.A. founded in 1973 by Alexis Gourvennec, that operates a fleet of ferries and cruiseferries between France and the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain, and between Spain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Roscoff has played an important role in the history of Brittany and France with a rich and diverse past. Whether it be in the defence of the region, the transport of local produce or fishing, the port seems to have always been involved. Indeed, at the time when France and England were sworn enemies, Roscoff was host to bloody battles.
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Prince was built in 1979 in Verolme Cork Dockyards in Ireland for B+I Line under the name Connacht for the Cork - Swansea and Cork - Pembroke Dock routes. In 1980 she was moved to the Dublin - Liverpool route, and in 1982 she was moved to the Dublin - Holyhead route.
The firm had also tendered to run ferry services in Guernsey but the island instead chose Brittany Ferries. DFDS was formed by the Danish financier Carl Frederik Tietgen in 1866, after the merger ...
Up to mid-July 2007 the Brittany Ferries Freight timetable showed a two-ship service on Poole–Cherbourg after the delivery of Cotentin, and no Portsmouth–Cherbourg sailings, indicating the company's intention to place the ship on the Poole–Cherbourg route alongside Barfleur. Newspaper articles covering the launch of the vessel stated that ...
Guernsey announced Brittany Ferries as its preferred bidder a month later than originally planned. Jersey opted to delay its choice, with mixed messages about who knew what and when, and then ...
Pont-Aven is a cruiseferry operated by Brittany Ferries.She was built at Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany and has been sailing for Brittany Ferries since March 2004. She is the current and longest serving Brittany Ferries flagship; sailing between the UK, France, Spain and Ireland.