Damn, Dennis is correct. Who would have thunk this was the proper was to salvage a vessel.
The M/F Ostend Spirit (once the MS Pride of Calais) was own by a shipping company that declared bankruptcy and was sold for scrap and scheduled for disassembly by crews in Turkey. It looks a little crazy to me, but I suppose “beaching it” is probably the easiest way to get workers and equipment aboard?
Name:
1987-1999: Pride of Calais
1999-2002: P&OSL Calais
2002-2003: PO Calais
2003-2012: Pride of Calais
2012-present: Ostend Spirit
Owner:
1987: Stanhope Steamship Co Ltd (Townsend Thoresen)[1]
1987-2006: P&O European Ferries (Dover) Ltd
2006-present: P&O Ferries Ltd
Launched:
11 April 1987
Completed:
27 November 1987
Maiden voyage:
4 December 1987
Tonnage:
26,433 GT
Length:
169.6 m (556.4 ft)
Beam:
28.27 m (92.7 ft)
Draught:
6.12 m (20.1 ft)
Depth:
13.80 m (45.3 ft)
Installed power:
3 x Sulzer ZA40S Diesels
Propulsion:
Triple controllable pitch propellers
Speed:
22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Capacity:
2,290 passengers
650 vehicles (1,500 lanemetres)
