M V "OSCAR WILDE" at sea

M.V. "OSCAR WILDE" seen at sea from BF "BRETAGNE", the ship is less than two hours away from Cherbourg. "OSCAR WILDE" was built in 1987 as the KRONPRINS HARALD at WARTSILA TURKU in Finland, she is operated today by IRISH FERRIES on the Rosslare-Cherbourg and Rosslare-Roscoff routes, she is 31.914 GRT. Photos taken on the 14th of April 2012

Cruise Ferry "OSCAR WILDE"

The MS "OSCAR WILDE" was built in Finland in 1987 as the KRONPRINS HARALD, she has sailed for JAHRE LINE and COLOR LINE, in 2007 she was acquired by IRISH FERRIES and renamed "OSCAR WILDE, she is operated on the Rosslare/Cherbourg and Rosslare/Roscoff routes, the ship is approximately 32.000 GRT and has a top speed of 25.5 knots, the capacity is for 1450 passengers and 580 cars. Photos, Cherbourg 1st September 2011 from the BF BARFLEUR

FERRIES COTENTIN and OSCAR WILDE at Cherbourg

Seen here at Cherbourg last week are the ferries COTENTIN operated by BRITTANY FERRIES and the OSCAR WILDE sailing for IRISH FERRIES, they were both built in Finland, COTENTIN in 2007 as always been in service for BF with a GT of 22542 and the OSCAR WILDE originally built in 1987 for JAHRE LINE as the KRONPRINS HARALD, the ship was acquired by IRISH FERRIES in 2007, after sailing for COLOR LINE for a number of years, she is 31.924 GRT

"BARFLEUR" docking at Cherbourg, busy ferry port

BARFLEUR at the end of her crossing from Poole, at Cherbourg were the Ferries COTENTIN and OSCAR WILDE, photos taken on the 1st September 2011