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MV Bretagne is a ferry that was operated by Brittany Ferries. She was built at Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France and was the first purpose built ship for the company and sailed for Brittany Ferries for 35 years from 1989 until 2024. She was Brittany Ferries flagship until the arrival of MV Val de Loire in 1993.
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.
On 21 July 2007 it was announced by Brittany Ferries that Cotentin would operate from Poole, [3] a partially amended timetable for the Poole–Cherbourg route had been posted prior to the announcement though Cotentin sailings were absent until the delivery date was confirmed. The amendments allowed for Cotentin ' s Poole–Santander weekend ...
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. Pont Aven is the fastest and largest purpose-built cruise-ferry on the English Channel.
The ship was chartered by Brittany Ferries from 17 April 1978 initially to sail on the Portsmouth-Santander route. Her main route was Portsmouth-Saint Malo and she was renamed Prince of Brittany. She was subsequently bought and registered in France in 1980.
During the charter to Brittany Ferries, Baie de Seine operated between Portsmouth and Le Havre, whilst also operating some services between Portsmouth and Spain (Bilbao and Santander). In 2017, Brittany Ferries announced that Baie de Seine would return to DFDS Seaways in 2020 and would be replaced by a new vessel ordered from China, to be named ...
Brittany Ferries (UK to France, Spain and Ireland) Brownsea Island Ferries Ltd (Poole Harbour) Caledonian MacBrayne ; Caremar (Italy) Color Line (Norway to Denmark, Germany and Sweden) Condor Ferries (Channel Islands, UK) Corsica Ferries-Sardinia Ferries (Italy and France to Corsica and Sardinia) Destination Gotland (Swedish mainland to Gotland)
Currently serving Portsmouth - Santander and Cherbourg, transferring to Ireland-based routes once replaced by Santoña. Pont-Aven: 184.6 m (606 ft) 41,758 2,400 27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph) 2004 Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany: Brittany Ferries France: Santander - Plymouth - Roscoff - Cork; Portsmouth - St. Malo (winter only) Stena Estrid: 214.5 m ...