Remembering the "PONT L'ABBE"

PONT L'ABBE was built in 1978 by AALBORG VAERFT A/S in Denmark, she was 14397 GRT and was operated by DFDS as the DANA ANGLIA on the Esbjerg to Harwich route, in 2002 she was renamed DUKE OF SCANDINAVIA before entering the service between Copenhagen and Gdansk in Poland, she was returned to the North Sea in 2003 for the Newcastle to Ijmuiden in Holland route. In 2006 BRITTANY FERRIES sold the VAL DE LOIRE and chartered the vessel for the Roscoff to Plymouth service renaming the ship "PONT L'ABBE" she remained on that route for one year when she was eventually bought by BF. She kept the service from Brittany to Plymouth alternating with the Plymouth to Saint-Malo route, she was laid up in 2008 after being withdrawn from service and was sold to MOBY LINES in 2009, she is still in service, during the BF years the ship had capacity for 1100 passengers and 400 cars, the GRT was 18321. Postcards from my collection