End of the Pride Of Calais

I’m sure many on here have crossed Dover to Calais on the Pride of Calais and later as the Ostend Spirit on Transeuropa between Ramsgate and Ostend, well take a look at her last ever docking in Turkey!!

http://uk.screen.yahoo.com/ferry-smashes-ship-breaker-39-150528978.html

Now that does look like fun :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

and that is the remains of pride of dover to the right

viewtopic.php?f=35&t=106613

Driver-Once-More:
Pride of Calais - OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT - Trucknet UK

Looks like Yahoo got the date wrong, a pic on that thread shows her beached last November but Yahoo say January 13th!!

That was driven by an experienced truck driver!

harry:
That was driven by an experienced truck driver!

An experienced truck driver would have reversed parked :laughing:

Not if it was lunch time…

It was Muckaway at the wheel.

Only done half a job if he was goin faster he’d of beached it all save them pulling it out to scrap her

Donnyboy:
Only done half a job if he was goin faster he’d of beached it all save them pulling it out to scrap her

:question:

I think it’s a bit sad to see theses once proud machines ending up like this :frowning: