The ''Phocine'' is a ferry owned by Dart 3 Ltd and currently in service with

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 ...

History

''Phocine'' was completed in 1984 as ''Balder Sten'', owned by K/S A/S Balder RO/RO No 2. She was sold to Navrom and renamed ''Bazias 3'' in 1985 and operated by them until 1991 when she was chartered to Sally Line, being renamed ''Sally Euroroute'' in 1993 and used on the

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– Ostend route. In 1996 she was sold to Jacobs Holdings (Dart Line) who used her on the

Dartford Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock in ...

– Vlissingen and Dartford– Zeebrugge routes, renamed ''Merle'' and chartered to Belfast Freight Ferries until 2000, when she was renamed ''Dart 3'' and operated by Dart Line. At some point she was sold to Bid Corp Shipping. She was chartered to Norse Merchant Ferries in 2000 and used on the Belfast– Heysham route, returning to Dart Line in 2001. As well as her former routes with Dart Line, she was also used on the Dartford–

Dunquerque Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.North Killingholme Haven–Zeebrugge route. In 2007 she was on charter to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, returning to Cobelfret later in the year being used on the Ostend– Purfleet and Killingholme–Ostend routes. In 2008 she was chartered by

to replace ''Riverdance'', ''Phocine'' was herself due to be replaced by ''Clipper Point'' when that vessel entered service with Seatruck.

References

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