MV Larkspur
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The MV Larkspur is a freight and passenger ferry
which is owned and operated by Transeuropa Ferries
.
for use on the Ramsgate Dunkirk route and renamed Viking 2. In 1988 the vessel was sold to Johnson Line (Silja Line partner) and renamed again, this time to Sally Sky but remained on the same route. In 1997 Sally Sky was renamed Eurotraveller and moved to the Ramsgate Ostend service for Sally Line
. However this identity was short lived, as Sally Line
ceased trading in 1998. In 1999 Eurotraveller was first leased to, and then sold to Transeuropa Ferries
, remaining on the same route and renamed Larkspur.
Ferry
A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...
which is owned and operated by Transeuropa Ferries
Transeuropa Ferries
TransEuropa Ferries operates a ferry service between Ramsgate, Kent, UK and Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. TransEuropa Ferries n.v. is the cross channel satellite arm of TransEuropa Shipping Lines d.o.o. of Slovenia....
.
History
The MV Larkspur was launched for Gedser-Travemünde Ruten as the Gedser in 1976. In 1986 Gedser was sold to Sally LineSally Line
Sally Line UK was a British ferry operator on the English Channel and North Sea.-History:Sally Line was founded in 1981 by Michael Kingshott as a subsidiary of the Finland-based Rederi Ab Sally, and initially marketed as Sally Viking Line, with a livery that was nearly identical with that of...
for use on the Ramsgate Dunkirk route and renamed Viking 2. In 1988 the vessel was sold to Johnson Line (Silja Line partner) and renamed again, this time to Sally Sky but remained on the same route. In 1997 Sally Sky was renamed Eurotraveller and moved to the Ramsgate Ostend service for Sally Line
Sally Line
Sally Line UK was a British ferry operator on the English Channel and North Sea.-History:Sally Line was founded in 1981 by Michael Kingshott as a subsidiary of the Finland-based Rederi Ab Sally, and initially marketed as Sally Viking Line, with a livery that was nearly identical with that of...
. However this identity was short lived, as Sally Line
Sally Line
Sally Line UK was a British ferry operator on the English Channel and North Sea.-History:Sally Line was founded in 1981 by Michael Kingshott as a subsidiary of the Finland-based Rederi Ab Sally, and initially marketed as Sally Viking Line, with a livery that was nearly identical with that of...
ceased trading in 1998. In 1999 Eurotraveller was first leased to, and then sold to Transeuropa Ferries
Transeuropa Ferries
TransEuropa Ferries operates a ferry service between Ramsgate, Kent, UK and Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. TransEuropa Ferries n.v. is the cross channel satellite arm of TransEuropa Shipping Lines d.o.o. of Slovenia....
, remaining on the same route and renamed Larkspur.