Armorique

mv Armorique Specifications

To Be Launched	2008
Length	167 metres
Beam	26.8 metres
Service Speed	23 knots
Passenger Capacity	1,500
Car Capacity	470
Freight Capacity	65 Lorries
Cabins	250
Shipyard	Aker, Helsinki, Finland

New €81 million passenger cruise-ferry to be named "Armorique"

The new ship on order from the Aker shipyard in Helsinki is to be called "Armorique" after the national park of outstanding beauty in western Brittany. This is not the first ferry in the Brittany Ferries fleet to bear this name: the previous Armorique operated from 1975 to 1992.

The new €81 million vessel will be used solely on the Plymouth-Roscoff route replacing Pont l'Abbé, currently on short-term charter, in the autumn of 2008.

David Longden, Managing Director, comments: "Armorique is being designed specifically for the Plymouth-Roscoff route and will provide new levels of comfort for our passengers. It is part of our ongoing plan to become not only the most modern, but the most comfortable fleet on the channel."