MS ''Clipper Pennant'' is a

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ferry built in 2009 owned by the

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that has been chartered to a number of operators. As at January 2020, it was operating for

P&O Ferries P&O Ferries is a British shipping company that operates ferries from United Kingdom to Ireland, and to Continental Europe (France, Belgium and the Netherlands). The company was created in 2002 through mergers and acquisitions within P&O. It ...

between

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and

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...

History

''Clipper Pennant'' was built by Astilleros de Huelva,

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , ...

, as yard number 823. Laid down on 15 June 2006 and launched on 15 October 2008, ''Clipper Pennant'' was completed on 24 August 2009. It arrived in

on its delivery voyage on 22 September 2009. Homeported in

Limassol Limassol (; el, Λεμεσός, Lemesós ; tr, Limasol or ) is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the district with the same name. Limassol is the second largest urban area in Cyprus after Nicosia, with an urban population ...

, Cyprus, she was employed on

Seatruck Ferries Seatruck Ferries is a UK-based freight-only ferry company which commenced services in 1996. It is a subsidiary of CLdN. It operates out of four ports on the Irish Sea, including Heysham and Liverpool. History Seatruck was established in 1996 ...

' Liverpool to

route. ''Clipper Pennant'' made her maiden revenue-earning voyage for Seatruck on 13 October 2009. In May 2012 ''Clipper Pennant'' was placed onto Seatruck's

Heysham Heysham ( ) is a coastal town in Lancashire, England, overlooking Morecambe Bay. It is a ferry port, with services to the Isle of Man and Ireland, and the site of two nuclear power stations. Demography Administratively, Heysham is part of the ...

Warrenpoint Warrenpoint ( ga, An Pointe) is a small port town and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits at the head of Carlingford Lough, south of Newry, and is separated from the Republic of Ireland by a narrow strait. The town is beside t ...

route to cover for ''Seatruck Pace'' which has gone on charter to

DFDS Seaways DFDS Seaways is a Danish shipping company that operates passenger and freight services across northern Europe. Following the acquisition of Norfolkline in 2010, DFDS restructured its other shipping divisions ( DFDS Tor Line and DFDS Lisco) ...

. It has since operated for

Stena Line Stena Line is a Swedish shipping line company and one of the largest ferry operators in the world. It services Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Sweden. Stena Line is a major unit of Ste ...

and

Smyril Line Smyril Line is a Faroese shipping company, linking the Faroe Islands with Denmark and Iceland. It previously also served Norway and the United Kingdom. is the Faroese word for the merlin. History Since 1983, the company has operated a re ...

, and as at January 2020 was operating Liverpool to Dublin services for

.Clipper Pennant Returns ''

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'' March 2020 page 11

Description

''Clipper Pennant'' is one of four "''P Series''"

freight ferries. It has a length of , a beam of and a draft of . Det Norske Veritas class the vessel as a 1A1 General Cargo Carrier - with whom ''Clipper Pennant'' is allocated the number 27192. The vessel is powered by two

Wärtsilä Wärtsilä Oyj Abp (), trading internationally as Wärtsilä Corporation, is a Finnish company which manufactures and services power sources and other equipment in the marine and energy markets. The core products of Wärtsilä include technol ...

8L45D diesel engines which drives two variable pitch propellers. The vessel is also equipped with two Wärtsilä CT200 bow thrusters.

Sister Vessels

* Clipper Pace * Clipper Panorama * Clipper Point

References

External links

Current location of ''Clipper Pennant''
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