Ferry big boat

"Plymouth has now got Europe's most modern ferry at its disposal”

A NEW £100million ferry set to serve Plymouth for the next 25 years has docked in the city for the first time. Brittany Ferries has launched the Armorique, purpose-built for the popular Plymouth to Roscoff route, with bosses dubbing it "Europe's most modern ferry'. Offering passengers more space than ever before, Armorique includes a self-service restaurant, two-screen cinema, lounge and various gaming, bar and shopping areas. She can carry 1,500 passengers and 470 cars, while there is room for almost 800 guests in 248 cabins, and 120 crew members. This is Plymouth [Archive link]   More on this new ferry on the Brittany Ferries web site and on Wikipedia. There are also some superb photos and even more detail on this ferry on its own blog

Pont Aven

©Luke Farley

This photo from Luke Farley's excellent fotopic site is of Brittany Ferries latest ship Pont-Aven. I include it here tonight as its been in the news today as its been upsetting the residents around the Milbay Dock area of Plymouth.

12:00 - 10 December 2005 taken from this is Plymouth web site
Vibrations and a droning noise coming from Brittany Ferries' £100million flagship Pont Aven are making life 'torture' for Stonehouse residents. Families say they have to put up with a monotonous racket from the ship's generators that rattles windows and keeps them awake, on up to four days a week when the vessel is in dock.


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