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SHOne of P&O Ferries’ legendary ferries, MS PRIDE OF KENT known as part of the “Darwin twins” together with her sister MS Pride of Canterbury 🇬🇧 was retired from the seas in 2023 at the shipbreaking yards of Aliaga. • Originally built as European Highway in 1991 and was a sister ship to Pride of Canterbury, and European Seaway. Originally servicing Zeebrugge, like Pride of Canterbury, she was converted in 2003 before re-entering service on the Dover 🇬🇧 to Calais 🇫🇷route as Pride of Kent. With the ending of the P&O Stena Line agreement, newly formed P&O Ferries announced that the ex Zeebrügge freight vessels European Highway and European Pathway would be rebuilt at the German Shipyard of Lloyd Werft. On completion of their rebuilds, they would be placed on the premier Dover-Calais service, replacing PO Kent (ex-Spirit of Free Enterprise, Pride of Kent, then POSL Kent) and PO Canterbury (ex-Stena Fantasia). This move became widely known by its P&O in-house code name, Project Darwin. As built, Pride of Kent was identical to European Seaway and European Pathway. The fourth 'European Class' freight ferry was converted to a multi-purpose vessel for the Dover-Calais route and named MS Pride of Burgundy, though she still retained a number of similarities. Following conversion to multi-purpose ship Pride of Kent was nearly identical to the MS Pride of Canterbury. #PrideOfKent #POFerries #DoverCalais #Ferry #MaritimeHistory
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