Reine Mathilde was a

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operated by Brittany Ferries. She was built as the MS ''Prince of Fundy'' in 1970 by Schiffbau Gesellschaft Unterweser, AG, in Bremerhaven, Germany, for the Lion Ferry service between Portland, Maine, and

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History

The MS ''Prince of Fundy'' inaugurated ferry service on the Portland - Yarmouth route between 1970 and 1976. In 1976, Lion Ferry moved the ship to the Varberg - Grenå route between 27 November 1976 and March 1978. The ship was chartered by Brittany Ferries from 17 April 1978 initially to sail on the Portsmouth-

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route. Her main route was Portsmouth- Saint Malo and she was renamed MS ''Prince of Brittany''. She was subsequently bought and registered in France in 1980. On 30 December 1988, she was renamed MS ''Reine Mathilde'' in preparation for her transfer to the Portsmouth-

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) route alongside the MV ''Duc de Normandie''. Prior to the arrival of the MV ''Normandie'', the MV ''Reine Mathilde'' was retired from service with Brittany Ferries and sold. She was subsequently chartered by British Channel Island Ferries (BCIF) in which Brittany Ferries held a large share. In 1992, she took up service between

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and the Channel Islands under a Bahamas registration and renamed MS ''Beauport''. By the end of 1993, BCIF was experiencing financial difficulties due to competition from Condor Ferries and MS ''Beauport'' was returned to its owner, her passenger ship role with BCIF being taken by the MS ''Havelet''. MS ''Beauport'' was laid up in Southampton until mid-1994 when she was chartered to the Stern Maritime Line for its

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- Çeşme route. After this, the ship was laid up again in 1994 but quickly found work with a Greek shipping company between

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, Igoumenitsa and

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, after which she continued on the Mediterranean regularly sailing to Morocco for Comanav. Between work with Comanav, the MS ''Beauport'' was chartered to the

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and carried the marketing name of ''Private Lady''. In 2000, MS ''Beauport'' moved to Sancak Lines for service between

and Çeşme. Later that year she was chartered to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. In 2005, she was sent to India and was scrapped on a beach at Alang.

External links

History of Prince of Fundy
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