MS Viking Valiant
''Pride of Le Havre'' was the name of ferry for P&O Ferries that sailed between Portsmouth and Le Havre from 1989 to 1994. From launch until 1994, she was known as the ''Viking Valiant'' for European Ferries, Townsend Thoresen and P&O. In 1994 she was renamed ''Pride of Cherbourg''2 for P&O and continued under this name until she was sold to El Salam Maritime in 2002. El Salam Maritime renamed her ''Pride of Al Salam 1'' for El Salam Maritime. In 2004 she was renamed ''Nador'' and chartered to Compagnie Marocaine de Navigation, Comanav, she was again renamed ''Mogador'' for Comanav in 2005, sailing under this name until being scrapped in 2010. History ''Pride of Le Havre'' was built in 1975 at Aalborgs Værft A/S, Ålborg, Denmark as ''Viking Valiant'' for Townsend Thoresen to operate between Southampton and Le Havre or Cherbourg. She also saw service between Felixstowe and Zeebrugge. In 1984, Townsend Thoresen moved its western channel passenger services from Southampton to Ports ...
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European Ferries
European Ferries Group plc was a company that operated in passenger and freight ferries, harbour operation and property management in the United Kingdom and the United States. It was taken over by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company and renamed P&O European Ferries in 1987.Monopolies and Mergers Commission - Report into the Merger of P&O and European Ferries Group PLC

History

The European Ferries Group was incorporated in 1935 as Monument Securities Ltd, becoming a public limited company in 1949. In 1957, Monument Securities bought a 51% stake in Townsend Car Ferries Ltd and in 1959 acquired the rest in a full takeover. The same year Monume ...
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