MS Pride of Winchester

The MS Vitsentzos Kornaros was built in 1975 for Townsend Thoresen. Her original name was Viking Viscount. European Ferries Group was purchased by P&O and became P&O European Ferries and the ship was renamed Pride of Winchester in 1989 and remained on the Portsmouth to Cherbourg route until 1994 when she was replaced by a bigger ship, the original Pride of Le Havre. In 1995 was sold from a Greek company Lane Sea Lines for the Piraeus, Milos, Agios Nikolaos, Sitia. Then the ship did the Piraeus, Kithira, Antikythera, Githio, Kalamata, Kisamos. During the Summer of 2017 Vitsentzos Kornaros had a problem with her engines and then was laid-up in Kinosoura, Greece. On April 2020 Vitsentzos Kornaros sold for scrap in Aliaga, Turkey.

History
Name:
  • Viking Viscount (1975 - 1989)
  • Pride of Winchester (1989 - 1995)
  • Vitsentzos Kornaros (1995 - 2020)
Owner:
  • European Ferries (1975 - 1987)
  • P&O Ferries (1987 - 1995)
  • Lasithiotiki (1995 - 2017)
Operator: Lane Sea Lines (1995 - 2017)
Port of registry:

 Greece (1995 - 2017)

 Togo
Builder: Aalborg Værft AS
Yard number: 206
Launched: 7 November 1975
Identification: IMO number: 7358327
Fate: Scrapped in Aliaga, Turkey in 2020
General characteristics
Tonnage: 6,386
Length: 128.71 m
Beam: 19.81 m
Draught: 4.53 m
Speed: 21 knots
Capacity:
  • 1,100 passengers
  • 260 cars

References
  • Cowsill, Miles; Hendy, John (2007). Remembering the Thoresen Vikings: Townsend Thoresen trend setters. Ramsey, Isle of Man: Ferry Publications. ISBN 1871947731.


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