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MS ''Oujda'' was a ferry built by Aalborg Værft AS 〔 in 1974 for Townsend Thoresen. She sailed under the name ''Viking Venturer'' from Southampton to Le Havre then latterly Portsmouth to Cherbourg . She was sold to P&O European Ferries and renamed ''Pride of Hampshire''. With the takeover of Townsend Thoresen by P&O and the sinking of the ''Herald of Free Enterprise'' in 1987, P&O wanted to drop the Townsend Thoresen name and the ship names associated with the company. She was repainted from her Townsend Thoresen orange and white livery to the new P&O blue and white, the TT logo on her funnel was also replaced by the P&O house flag. Her funnel was also painted P&O navy blue replacing the TT turquoise colour.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Viking Venturer - Pride of Hampshire - Pride of El Salam 2 - Townsend Thoresen Ferry Photographs - Ferry Postcards )〕 Townsend Thoresen became P&O European Ferries and in 1989 ''Viking Venturer'' became ''Pride of Hampshire''. She continued to sail under that name until 2002. She was transferred to the Portsmouth-Cherbourg route in 1994 as a result of larger vessels ''Pride of Le Havre'' & being chartered for the Le Havre route. The ''Pride of Hampshire'' eventually became a well-loved ferry by her regular passengers and was affectionately known as 'The Happy Hampshire' by her loyal crew. Despite her rather unattractive appearance due to extensive "jumboisation" in Bremerhaven in 1986. This work added an extra deck to the ship making it appear rather top heavy. She was sold off in 2002 after 27 years service on the English Channel; at the time she was the eldest cross-channel ferry sailing from the country. After her service with P&O Ferries she was sold to El Salam Maritime and renamed the ''Pride of El Salam 2''〔 then latterly ''Oujda''〔 sailing between Sète and Nador in her final days with a Panama flag.〔 She was sold for demolition in India in 2010.〔 ==Sister ships== ''Viking Venturer'' was one of four sister ships 〔 ordered by Townsend Thoresen. The other three were: * - later the ''Pride of Cherbourg'' 2, then ''Mogador'' and was scrapped in May 2010. * - later ''Pride of Cherbourg'' 1, now ''Samothraki''. *''Viking Viscount'' - later ''Pride of Winchester'', now ''Vitsentzos Kornaros''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MS Oujda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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