Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The MV Pride of York was built as the MV Norsea for North Sea Ferries as part of their response to the need for larger vessels in the mid to late 1980's. The 1974 ships MV Norland and MV Norstar were proving to be very popular, and were running at capacity. Therefore, North Sea Ferries designed their \"3rd Generation\" overnight ferry. The two parent companies within North Sea Ferries placed their orders in two separate locations. P&O placed theirs at Govan Shipbuilders Ltd. on the Clyde, and Nedlloyd placed their order at Nippon Kokkan .KK Ltd. (Now JFE Holdings) in Yokohama, Japan.The MV Norsea entered service on the Hull-Rotterdam route. Whilst taking the title of being the largest passenger ship to be built on the Clyde since the QE2. It was also the last passenger ship ever to be built in the United Kingdom. In May 2001, now owned and operated by P&O Ferries ordered the MS Pride of Hull and the MS Pride of Rotterdam. Once relieved of service on the Hull-Rotterdam route, the ship was sent off for two months major refurbishment and branding realignment, prior to entering service on the Hull-Zeebrugge route, and replacing the 27-year-old MV Norland in the new P&O colours.The ship's name was also changed from MV Norsea to MV Pride of York, to bring the names in line with the rest of the P&O Ferries fleet. The MV Pride of York still operates with her sistership MV Pride of Bruges (previously MV Norsun)"@en }
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- MS_Norsea abstract "The MV Pride of York was built as the MV Norsea for North Sea Ferries as part of their response to the need for larger vessels in the mid to late 1980's. The 1974 ships MV Norland and MV Norstar were proving to be very popular, and were running at capacity. Therefore, North Sea Ferries designed their \"3rd Generation\" overnight ferry. The two parent companies within North Sea Ferries placed their orders in two separate locations. P&O placed theirs at Govan Shipbuilders Ltd. on the Clyde, and Nedlloyd placed their order at Nippon Kokkan .KK Ltd. (Now JFE Holdings) in Yokohama, Japan.The MV Norsea entered service on the Hull-Rotterdam route. Whilst taking the title of being the largest passenger ship to be built on the Clyde since the QE2. It was also the last passenger ship ever to be built in the United Kingdom. In May 2001, now owned and operated by P&O Ferries ordered the MS Pride of Hull and the MS Pride of Rotterdam. Once relieved of service on the Hull-Rotterdam route, the ship was sent off for two months major refurbishment and branding realignment, prior to entering service on the Hull-Zeebrugge route, and replacing the 27-year-old MV Norland in the new P&O colours.The ship's name was also changed from MV Norsea to MV Pride of York, to bring the names in line with the rest of the P&O Ferries fleet. The MV Pride of York still operates with her sistership MV Pride of Bruges (previously MV Norsun)".