MV Primrose

The M/F Primrose was a freight and passenger ferry and operated by Transeuropa Ferries.^[1] In 2010 she was sold to Blu Navy; in 2011 she was renamed to M/F Elegant I^[2] to make her last journey to India for breaking up.

MV Primrose at Ostend, September 2007
History
Name	Princesse Marie Christine (1975–1998) Primrose (1998–2011) Elegant I (2011-onwards)
Owner	Regie voor Maritiem Transport Belgie (1975–1998) Denval Marine Consultants (1998–2010) Blu Navy (2010-onwards)
Operator	Regie voor Maritiem Transport Belgie (1975–1998) TransEuropa Ferries (1998–2009) Comarit (2009) TransEuropa Ferries (2009–2010) Blu Navy (2010–2011)
Port of registry	St Kitts Nevis
Builder	Belliard Hoboken, Belgium
Yard number	878
Laid down	18 November 1974
Launched	8 September 1975
Completed	1975
In service	1975
Out of service	2011
Identification	IMO number: 7357567
Fate	Scrapped 2011
General characteristics
Tonnage	12,046 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	118.4 m (388.5 ft)
Beam	23.3 m (76.4 ft)
Draught	5.05 m (16.6 ft)
Propulsion	Two Pielstick 18PC2V400
Speed	21 kn (38.9 km/h)

History

The Primrose was launched by Belliard Hoboken as the Princesse Marie Christine in 1975 for Regie voor Maritiem Transport Belgie on their Ostend to Dover route.^[3] In 1987 she was repainted in the colours of Townsend Thoreson following an agreement between them and Regie voor Maritiem Transport.^[4] In 1993 Regie voor Maritiem Transport ended their agreement with P&O (who had succeeded Townsend Thoreson) and entered into an agreement with Sally Line, transferring the Princesse Marie Christine to the Ramsgate Ostend route. In 1998 she was bought by Denval Marine Consultants and renamed Primrose.^[2] for the Transeuropa Ferries Ostend to Ramsgate route.^[5]

In April 2010 sold To FINSEA s.p.a (Italy), unchart To BL di Navigazione s.r.l., install to Piombino – Portoferraio route.

She continued on this route until the spring of 2011 when, under the name of ELEGANT-I she made her last trip to the Indian breakers.

Sister ships

• MV Al Arabia – originally Prinses Maria-Esmeralda, 1975
• MV Eurovoyager – originally Prins Albert, 1978.