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MS ''Vronskiy''(ex-Wisteria) is a passenger car ferry operated by Acciona Trasmediterránea and FerriMaroc between Algeciras and the Moroccan port of Tanger-Med. ==History== The ''Vronskiy'' was built in 1978 as the ''Prinses Beatrix'' by Verolme Shipyard, in Heusden, The Netherlands and worked for Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland on their joint Sealink route between Hoek van Holland and Harwich, Parkeston Quay. She was named and launched by H.R.H. Princess Beatrix on 14 January 1978.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=M/S PRINSES BEATRIX (1978) (in Swedish) )〕 Brittany Ferries bought the ferry on 1 October 1985, and after chartering it for a year back to SMZ, renamed it ''Duc de Normandie'', operating between Portsmouth and Ouistreham from 5 June 1986.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brittany Ferries Enthusiasts feature - Goodbye to the Duc ) 〕 The ferry sailed alongside on its favoured route to Ouistreham. On 10 July 2002, she was transferred to the Plymouth - Roscoff route, replacing the .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Prinses Beatrix - Duc de Normandie - Wisteria )〕 She ended her Brittany Ferries career on this route, her final sailing being on 30 September 2004. Particular features of the Duc were a calvados still in the Alambic bar and a cider press at the wine bar. Brittany Ferries sold the Duc in 2005 to TransEuropa Ferries, operating between Port of Ramsgate and Ostend under the name MV ''Wisteria''. In 2006 she was chartered to Ferrimaroc and Acciona Trasmeditarranea for use on their Almeria (Spain) to Nador (Morocco). The former MS Wisteria (former:Prinses Beatrix) (which shouldn't be mixed up with the ship with the same name from 1975) is sailing on the Nador-Almeria route until 15 September 2013 under the name ''Vronskiy''. Before the long-term charter per 2008 this ship has been sailing on this route during the summer-season while during the rest of the year Transeuropa Ferries operated it on their Oostend-Ramsgate route. Until 2013 the owner of the ship was Wisteria Hawthorn Shipping Co. but after TEF going bankrupt in April 2013 it was sold to Nizhniy Shipping Ltd. who renamed it to ''Vronskiy'', but the existing lease/charther to Acciona was continued. The ''Vronskiy'' is being used on the route Algericas - Tanger except during the high-summer season when she will sail the Nador-Almeria route 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=St. Malo ships - Duc de Normandie : car-ferry )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MOROCCO, SEPTEMBER 2006, Part Two: Wisteria, Nador - Almeria )〕 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 Vronskiy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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