MV ''Mont St Michel'' is a ferry operated by

Brittany Ferries Brittany Ferries is the trading name of the French shipping company, BAI Bretagne Angleterre Irlande S.A. founded in 1973 by Alexis Gourvennec, that operates a fleet of ferries and cruiseferries between France and the United Kingdom, Ireland, a ...

. She was built at

Van der Giessen de Noord Van der Giessen de Noord () was a shipyard, shipbuilding company that mainly built ferry, ferries, located in Krimpen aan den IJssel, a town in the western Netherlands. The yard was especially suited to the construction of large Ship, vessels ...

shipyard in the

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and has been sailing for Brittany Ferries since 2002. ''Mont St Michel'' was to have been called ''Deauville'' or ''Honfleur'' but this was thought to be too similar to ''

Barfleur Barfleur () is a commune and fishing village in Manche, Normandy, northwestern France. History During the Middle Ages, Barfleur was one of the chief ports of embarkation for England. * 1066: A large medallion fixed to a rock in the harbour ...

''. Early artist impressions of the ship carried the name ''Normandie 2''. The internal layout of ''Mont St Michel'' is based on the MV ''Normandie'', which also operates on the

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– Caen (

Ouistreham Ouistreham () is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy region in northwestern France. Ouistreham is a small port with fishing boats, leisure craft and a ferry harbour. It serves as the port of the city of Caen. The town borders the ...

) route. Construction started on 7 June 2001 and she was launched on 15 March 2002. Major delays in fitting out meant that the ship was not delivered until December 2002, over 5 months behind schedule. In place of ''Mont St Michel'', the smaller '' Quiberon'' was kept in the fleet throughout the busy 2002 summer season, assisted by ''Purbeck''. ''Mont St Michel'' sails under the French flag and is registered in Caen.

Routes served

– Caen (

) 2002–present

External links

Official Brittany Ferries Website

about MV Mount St. Michel Official Brittany Ferries Website
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