Prinses Beatrix

 

Prinses Beatrix - Duc de Normandie - Wisteria

 

 

This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the 1978 Stoomvaart Maatschappij "Zeeland" (SMZ - the Zeeland SS Co) ferry Prinses Beatrix, which spent many years as Brittany Ferries' Duc de Normandie.

 

Prinses Beatrix was built in 1978 by Verolme Scheepswerf Heusden B.V, Heusden, Holland. She entered service for SMZ between Harwich-Hook of Holland in June of that year. She was sold to Brittany Ferries in October 1985, but chartered back to SMZ until the following year, when she was named Duc de Normandie. She entered service between Caen and Portsmouth in June 1986. Unlike most units in the fleet, she rarely ventured onto other Brittany Ferries routes, until moving to Plymouth-Roscoff in July 2002, on delivery of the Mont St Michel. Duc de Normandie was withdrawn from regular Brittany Ferries services in September 2004, and was offered for sale. In November she moved to Gdansk, Poland for lay-up. In 2005 it was announced that she had been bought by TransEuropa Ferries, and renamed Wisteria (2).

 

 

Ship Names on this Page:-

Prinses Beatrix - SMZ: 1978-1985

Duc de Normandie - Brittany Ferries: 1985-2005

Wisteria (2) - TransEuropa Ferries: 2005-

 

Associated Pages:-

Brittany Ferries

Zeeland Shipping Co (SMZ)

Ferry Postcards

Cruise Ship Postcards

Ocean Liner Postcards

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Prinses Beatrix

(SMZ: 1978-1985)

 

 

Official SMZ company postcard of Prinses Beatrix (2).

 

 

 

Official SMZ company postcard of Prinses Beatrix (2).

Variation on the card above with Sealink logo on the hull.

 

Official SMZ company postcard of Prinses Beatrix (2) and Koningin Juliana.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duc de Normandie

(Brittany Ferries: 1985- )

 

 

Official Brittany Ferries postcard of Duc de Normandie.

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Official Brittany Ferries postcard of Duc de Normandie.

 

 

 

Duc de Normandie leaving Portsmouth for Caen.

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1986.

 

 

 

Duc de Normandie leaving Portsmouth for Caen.

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1986.

 

 

 

Duc de Normandie leaving Portsmouth for Caen.

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1986.

 

 

 

Duc de Normandie leaving Portsmouth for Caen.

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1986.

 

 

 

Duc de Normandie leaving Portsmouth for Caen.

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1986.

 

 

 

Duc de Normandie leaving Portsmouth for Caen.

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1986.

 

 

 

Duc de Normandie leaving Portsmouth for Caen.

Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1986.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wisteria (2)

(TransEuropa Ferries: 2005- )

 

Duc de Normandie was withdrawn from regular Brittany Ferries services in September 2004, and was offered for sale. In November she moved to Gdansk, Poland for lay-up. In 2005 it was announced that she had been bought by TransEuropa Ferries, and renamed Wisteria (2).

 

 

Wisteria (2) at Oostende.

Photo: © Photo Tropic (Yvan Broux)

 

 

 

Wisteria (2) at Oostende.

Photo: © Photo Tropic (Yvan Broux)

 

 

 

Wisteria (2) at Oostende.

Photo: © Photo Tropic (Yvan Broux)

 

 

 

 

Wisteria (2) at Oostende, 25th November 2005.

Photo: © Photo Tropic (Yvan Broux)

 

 

 

Wisteria (2) at Oostende, 25th November 2005.

Photo: © Photo Tropic (Yvan Broux)

 

 

 

Wisteria (2) at Oostende, 25th November 2005.

Photo: © Photo Tropic (Yvan Broux)

 

 

 

Wisteria (2) at Oostende, 27th November 2005.

Photo: © Photo Tropic (Yvan Broux)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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