MV Pont-Aven
Pont-Aven approaching Millbay Docks (Plymouth) | |
| History | |
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| Name | Pont-Aven |
| Owner | SOMABRET (2004 - 2020) Brittany Ferries (2020 - Present) |
| Operator | Brittany Ferries |
| Port of registry | Morlaix, France |
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| Ordered | 2002 |
| Builder | Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany |
| Cost | £100m |
| Laid down | 9 April 2003 |
| Launched | 13 September 2003 |
| Completed | 2004 |
| Maiden voyage | 23 March 2004 |
| In service | 23 March 2004 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In Service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 40,859 GT |
| Length | 186.3 m (611.2 ft) |
| Beam | 30.9 m (101.4 ft) |
| Draught | 6.8 m (22.3 ft) |
| Depth | 9.7 m (31.8 ft) |
| Decks | 10 |
| Ice class | 1B |
| Installed power | Four MaK 12M43 diesels, 14,675bhp each |
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| Capacity |
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| Crew | 185 |
Pont-Aven is a cruiseferry operated by Brittany Ferries. She was built at Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany and has been sailing for Brittany Ferries since March 2004. She is the current and longest serving Brittany Ferries flagship; sailing between the UK, France, Spain and Ireland. Pont Aven is the fastest and largest purpose-built cruise-ferry on the English Channel.
Prior to being named, Pont-Aven was referred to as Bretagne 2; this was then the codename for the new Brittany Ferries vessel for the Plymouth–Roscoff route, the Armorique. Pont-Aven's layout is similar in many respects to that of another Brittany Ferries vessel, Bretagne.