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Pandoro
(Tilbury Services: 2007- )
 
 
This page is devoted to postcards of the Tilbury ro-ro operations of P&O Ferries, started in September 2007 after Ferryways ceased their Tilbury-Ostend route when taken over by Cobelfret. An alphabetical list of ships shown on this page is shown below. The Table beneath gives links to complete postcard history pages on selected individual ships. Below the table are official postcards of the fleet in chronological order.
 
 
Ferries on this Page:-
Calibur (P&O charter: 2007- )
Hoburgen (P&O charter: 2007-2008)
Norcape (P&O Tilbury: 2008- )
Norking (P&O Tilbury: 2008- )
 
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Table of Ship Histories
Name
Other names
 Built
 Norcape (2)  Puma, Tipperary
 1978
 
 
 
 
 
 
P&O Tilbury Fleet List
 
 
Calibur
(P&O charter: 2007- )
 
Ship manager: V SHIPS NORWAY AS 1D, Hoffsveien, Oslo
Registered owner: KALININGRAD KEY LINE MALTA
IMO number : 7427752
Name of ship : CALIBUR
Call Sign : 9HED3
Gross tonnage : 9737
Type of ship : Ro-Ro Cargo Ship
Year of build : 1976
Flag : Malta
 
Calibur was built in 1976 by Trosvik Verksted A/S Brevik as Seaspeed Dana for the Seaspeed Ferry Co. She was initially chartered to Fred Olsen Seaspeed Ferries, Piraeus for a service linking Felixstowe - Rotterdam - Beirut - Tartus - Damma - Jeddah. Further charters followed to Roto Line, Tor Line and North Sea Ferries. She was sold to Stena Line in 1982 and later renamed Stena Mariner. She was bought by current Owners Kalingrad Key Line in 1997, managed by V Ships, and took further charters with Helsingborg-Lübeck Line Ab, Cotunav, DFDS Tor Line and Color Line before an extended spell with Ferryways. running on routes to Killingholme and Immingham from Ostend. Following the takeover of Ferryways by Cobelfret, she was chartered by P&O to start a new Tilbury-Zeebrugge service, using the ramp slots previously used by Ferryways.
 
 
Calibur leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd February 2008
Calibur leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Calibur leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd February 2008
Calibur leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Calibur leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd February 2008
Calibur leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Calibur leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd February 2008
Calibur leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Calibur leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd February 2008
Calibur leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Calibur leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd February 2008
Calibur leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
 
 
 
Hoburgen
(P&O charter: 2007-2008)
 
IMO number : 8009088
Name of ship : HOBURGEN
Call Sign : C6RK5
Ship manager : LILLGAARD, 29B Skarpansvagen, Mariehamn FINLAND
Gross tonnage : 9080
Type of ship : Ro-Ro Cargo Ship
Year of build : 1986
Flag : Bahamas
 
Hoburgen was built in 1986 by Santierul Naval Shipyard, Galatz, Rumania as Balder Ra for A/S Balder RoRo, one of eight sisters, many of which served with Dart Line, and two then passed to Cobelfret. Balder Ra later served as Perseus before becoming Dart 5 of Dart Line.
 
 
Hoburgen leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd February 2008
 
 
Hoburgen leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd February 2008
Hoburgen leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Hoburgen leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd February 2008
Hoburgen leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Hoburgen leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd February 2008
Hoburgen leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Hoburgen leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd February 2008
Hoburgen leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Hoburgen leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 22nd February 2008
Hoburgen leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Hoburgen leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 28th February 2008
Hoburgen leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Hoburgen leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 28th February 2008
Hoburgen leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Hoburgen leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th March 2008
Hoburgen leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
 
 
 
Norcape
(P&O: 2008- )
 
IMO number : 7716086
Name of ship : NORCAPE
Call Sign : PGJL
Gross tonnage : 14087
Type of ship : Ro-Ro Cargo Ship
Year of build : 1979
Flag : Netherlands
 
Norcape was built as Puma for P&O in 1979 by Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding, Japan, but entered service as Tipperary on charter with B&I Line between Dublin and Liverpool. In 1988 she passed to North Sea Ferries for their Ipswich-Europoort service, later moving to Hull-Zeebrugge. Following the withdrawal of the Ferryways service from Tilbury to Ostend on their takeover by Cobelfret, P&O introduced a new Tilbury-Zeebrugge route. Initially served by the Calibur and Hoburgen, the latter was replaced by Norcape in May 2008.
 
More images of Norcape
 
 
Norcape leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th June 2008
Norcape leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Norcape leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th June 2008
Norcape leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Norcape leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th June 2008
Norcape leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Norcape leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th June 2008
Norcape leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Norcape leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th June 2008
Norcape leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Norcape leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th June 2008
Norcape leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Norcape leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th June 2008
Norcape leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Norcape leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 9th June 2008
Norcape leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Norcape leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 30th July 2008
Norcape leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Norcape leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 30th July 2008
Norcape leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Norcape leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 30th July 2008
Norcape leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Norcape leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 30th July 2008
Norcape leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Norcape leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 30th July 2008
Norcape leaving Tilbury - Photo: © 2008 Ian Boyle - www.simplonpc.co.uk
 
 
Norcape leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 11th February 2009
 
 
Norcape leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 11th February 2009
 
 
Norcape leaving Tilbury
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 11th February 2009
 
 
 
 
 
Norking
(P&O: 2008- )
 
IMO number : 7902635
Name of ship : NORKING
Call Sign : OIKP
Gross tonnage : 17884
Type of ship : Ro-Ro Cargo Ship
Year of build : 1980
Flag : Finland

Norking (and sister Norqueen) were built in 1990 by Rauma Repola Oy, Rauma, Finland for Oy Bore Line Ab as the Bore King and Bore Queen. Bore Queen was briefly chartered to
North Sea Ferries B.V., Rozenburg in 1982/83. However, both sisters were long term chartered to North Sea Ferries from 1991, and soon received the names Norqueen and Norking. Norking was transferred to the Tilbury-Zeebrugge route in October 2008, replacing Hoburgen.
 
 
Simplon Postcards sp1108 (issued July 1992) of sister Norqueen in original North Sea Ferries colours
Photo: © Ian Boyle at Zeebrugge, April 1992.

 
 
Norking outbound from Tilbury Docks for Zeebrugge
Photo: © Ken Smith, Gravesend, October 18th 2008
Norking outbound from Tilbury Docks for Zeebrugge - Photo: © Ken Smith, Gravesend, October 18th 2008
 
 
Norking outbound from Tilbury Docks for Zeebrugge
Photo: © Ken Smith, Gravesend, October 18th 2008
Norking outbound from Tilbury Docks for Zeebrugge - Photo: © Ken Smith, Gravesend, October 18th 2008
 
 
Norking outbound from Tilbury Docks for Zeebrugge
Photo: © Ken Smith, Gravesend, October 18th 2008
Norking outbound from Tilbury Docks for Zeebrugge - Photo: © Ken Smith, Gravesend, October 18th 2008
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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