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Norfolk Line
 
Page 1: Dover Services
 
 
This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Dover-Dunkerque services of Norfolk Line, now part of Maersk. An alphabetical list of ships shown on this page is shown below. The Table beneath gives links to complete history pages on selected individual ships. Below the table is a Fleet List in chronological order.
 
 
Ships on This Page:-
Dawn Merchant (Norfolk Line: 2000-2005)
Northern Merchant (Norfolk Line: 2000-2006)
Midnight Merchant (Norfolk Line: 2000-2006)
Maersk Delft (Norfolk Line: 2006- )
Maersk Dover (Norfolk Line: 2006- )
Maersk Dunkerque (Norfolk Line: 2005- )
 
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 Midnight Merchant  El Greco, European Endeavour

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Norfolk Line Fleet List
 
 
Dawn Merchant
(Norfolk Line: 2000-2005)
 
179.95 m long - 22152 gross tons - 23760 kW - 22.5 knots - 214 passengers - 2130 lane metres
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 7th May 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 7th May 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 7th May 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 7th May 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 7th May 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 21st May 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 21st May 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 21st May 2005
 
 
 
 
 
Northern Merchant
(Norfolk Line: 2000- )
 
179.95 m long - 22152 gross tons - 23760 kW - 22.5 knots - 214 passengers - 2130 lane metres
 
Official Norfolk Line postcard of Northern Merchant
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Official Norfolk Line postcard of Northern Merchant
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Northern Merchant at Dover
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 7th May 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 7th May 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 7th May 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 7th May 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 7th May 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 21st May 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 21st May 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 21st May 2005
 
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 9th July 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 9th July 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 9th July 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 9th July 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 9th July 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 9th July 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 9th July 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 9th July 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 9th July 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 9th July 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 25th February 2006
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Midnight Merchant
(Norfolk Line: 2000- )
 
179.95 m long - 22152 gross tons - 23760 kW - 22.5 knots - 214 passengers - 2130 lane metres
 
Midnight Merchant was built by Astilleros Espanoles S.A. (AESA), Spain, for Cenargo in 2000. She entered service under charter with Norfolk Line between Dover and Dunkerque in October 2000. Her sisters were Dawn Merchant and Northern Merchant. In August 2006 she was chartered to Acciona Trasmediterranea and renamed El Greco. She entered service from the mainland Spanish ports of Barcelona and Valencia to Palma, Eivissa and Maó. In June 2007, El Greco was sold to P&O Ferries. She was delivered in October and renamed European Endeavour. She was used during winter 2007/2008 to cover over vessels during their overhauls, initially between Liverpool-Dublin and from 11th January 2008 between Dover and Calais, using the same Dover berth she had used with Norfolk Line.
 
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 21st May 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 21st May 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 21st May 2005
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 8th April 2006
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Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 8th April 2006
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Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 8th April 2006
 
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 8th April 2006
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Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 8th April 2006
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Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 8th April 2006
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Maersk Dunkerque
(Norfolk Line: 2005- )
 
Official Postcard of new Norfolk Line sisters
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Maersk Dunkerque at Dover
Photo: © Ian Boyle, Dover, 8th April 2006
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Maersk Dunkerque leaving Dover
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Maersk Dunkerque leaving Dover
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Maersk Dunkerque leaving Dover
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Maersk Dunkerque leaving Dover
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Maersk Dunkerque leaving Dover
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Maersk Dunkerque off Dover
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Maersk Dunkerque off Dover
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Maersk Dunkerque off Dover
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Maersk Dunkerque off Dover
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Maersk Dunkerque off Dover
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Maersk Dunkerque off Dover
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Maersk Dunkerque off Dover
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Maersk Delft
(Norfolk Line: 2006- )
 
Official Postcard of new Norfolk Line sisters
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Maersk Delft off Dover
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Maersk Delft off Dover
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Maersk Delft off Dover
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Maersk Delft off Dover
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Maersk Delft off Dover
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Maersk Delft off Dover
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Maersk Delft off Dover
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Maersk Delft off Dover
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Maersk Delft off Dover
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Maersk Delft off Dover
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Maersk Delft off Dover
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Maersk Delft off Dover
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Maersk Delft off Dover
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Maersk Delft off Dover
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Maersk Delft off Dover
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Maersk Delft off Dover with South Foreland lighthouse
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Maersk Delft off Dover with WW2 radar aerials
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Maersk Delft off Dover, with new hull lettering
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Maersk Delft off Dover
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Maersk Delft off Dover
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Maersk Delft off Dover
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Maersk Dover
(Norfolk Line: 2006- )
 
Maersk Dover leaving Dover
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Maersk Dover leaving Dover
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Maersk Dover leaving Dover
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Maersk Dover leaving Dover
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Maersk Dover leaving Dover
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Maersk Dover leaving Dover
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Maersk Dover leaving Dover
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Maersk Dover leaving Dover
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Maersk Dover leaving Dover
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Maersk Dover leaving Dover
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