Princess Seaways
ship built in 1986
Princess Seaways is a cruiseferry operated and owned by the Danish shipping company DFDS Seaways on a route connecting North Shields, England, to IJmuiden in the Netherlands. She was built in 1986 as Peter Pan by Seebeckwerft, Bremerhaven, Germany for TT-Line. Between 1993 and 2002, the ship was operated by Spirit of Tasmania of Australia under the name Spirit of Tasmania across Bass Strait. In 2002, the ship was sold to Fjord Line and renamed Fjord Norway for service from Denmark. In 2006, she was sold to DFDS Seaways and sailed as Princess of Norway before being given her current name in 2011.
History
Princess Seaways was built as the Peter Pan (the third TT-Line ship to bear the name) at Seebeckwerft, Bremerhaven, in 1986. Peter Pan began operations on the Travemünde–Trelleborg route on 6 February 1986. In 1990, Spirit of Tasmania purchased it to replace the Abel Tasman. It was expected that it would be delivered in late 1992 but TT-Line could not let her go until 1993. She sailed from Germany in October 1993 and began sailing from Devonport to Melbourne in late November.
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