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MS ''Princess Seaways'' is a cruiseferry operated and owned by the Danish shipping company DFDS Seaways on a route connecting North Shields, effectively the port of Newcastle upon Tyne, (being 6 miles to the east of the city), England to IJmuiden in the Netherlands. She was built in 1986 as MS ''Peter Pan'' by Schichau Unterweser, Bremerhaven, Germany for TT-Line. Between 1993 and 2002 the ship was named MS ''Spirit of Tasmania'', owned by the Tasmanian Government and operated by TT-Line Pty. Ltd. and used on traffic across the Bass Strait. In 2002 the ship was sold to Fjord Line, renamed MS ''Fjord Norway'' for service from Denmark. In 2006 she was sold to DFDS Seaways, and sailed as MS ''Princess of Norway'' before being given her current name in 2011. == History == MS ''Princess Seaways'' was built as the MS ''Peter Pan'' (the third ship to bear the name in TT-Line fleet) for TT-Line (Germany) at Schichau Unterweser, Bremerhaven, in 1986. The ''Peter Pan'' began operations for the TT-Line on the Travemünde–Trelleborg route on February 6, 1986. In 1990 TT-line (Tasmania) decided it was time to replace the current ferry MS ''Abel Tasman'', so they arranged to buy the large ferry. It was expected they could get the ferry in late 1992 but TT-line (Germany) could not let her go until 1993. She sailed from Germany in October 1993 and began sailing from Devonport to Melbourne late November. She sailed four return trips a week. The crossings were overnight and one day/night and took approximately 15 hours. In 2002 TT-Line (Tasmania) secured two new ferries the and from Superfast Ferries to replace the MS ''Spirit of Tasmania'' and her fleet mate the HSC ''Devil Cat''. The two new ''Superfasts'' were renamed ''Spirit of Tasmania I'' & ''Spirit of Tasmania II'' and began operations on September 1, 2002. Consequently, the MS ''Spirit of Tasmania'' was laid up in Melbourne for a few days and then sailed to Sydney to be laid up and offered for sale. She was sold to Nordsjøferger and charted to Fjord Line. She sailed from Sydney on December 24, 2002, as the MS ''Spir''. On arrival in Denmark she was refitted at Ørskov Yard in Frederikshavn. She was then renamed MS ''Fjord Norway'' and began on the Bergen–Haugesund–Egersund–Hanstholm route until November 17, 2005, when she took over the Bergen–Stavanger–Newcastle route from the MS ''Jupiter''. MS ''Fjord Norway'' was purchased by Danish shipping company DFDS Seaways〔(DFDS )〕 and renamed MS ''Princess of Norway''; she joined the DFDS Seaways fleet on 8 November 2006, and was then refurbished at Frederikshavn and began sailing on the Newcastle - Stavanger - Haugesund - Bergen route. The MS ''Princess of Norway'' swapped routes with the MS ''Queen of Scandinavia'' in May 2007, joining her sister ship MS ''King of Scandinavia'' on the IJmuiden - Newcastle route. Because of the equal capacity and layout of these sister ships, caravans are accepted at every sailing.〔(DFDS Seaways (Dutch) )〕 In 2011, she was renamed as MS ''Princess Seaways''. 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 Princess Seaways」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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