History & Specification of mv Bretagne

The Bretagne was built at the Chantiers d'Atlantique Shipyard in St Nazaire, Western Loire. She was launched on 4 February 1989 and entered service on 16 July.

She was replaced on the Plymouth-Santander route in 1993 by the Val de Loire, and transferred to the Portsmouth-St Malo route. In March 2004, she started a twice-weekly visit to Cherbourg from Portsmouth. In September 2004 she returned to her home port of Plymouth where she remained until 2006. Today the Bretagne continues to operate between Portsmouth and St Malo, and Plymouth to Santander during November and December.