Pride of Calais Ferry Hits Turkish Beach at Full Speed – watch the video

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On 13 November 2013, the 26k gross ton ferry Ostend Spirit (previously Pride of Calais) went out with a prolonged blast of the ship’s whistle as she threaded the needle between two ship hulks at Turkey’s Aliaga Ship demolishing yard.

In her hay-day, she was owned by P&O and sailed the the Dover-Calais route from 1987 for over two decades.  Watch her last hurrah here: