MV Reine Mathilde

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Reine Mathilde departing Portsmouth
History
Name	1970-1978: Prince of Fundy 1978-1988: Prince of Brittany 1988-1991: Reine Mathilde 1991-2005: Beauport
Operator	1970-1978: Lion Ferry 1978-1992: Brittany Ferries 1992-1994: BCIF 1994-1994: Stern Maritime Line 1994-1995: Hellenic Inter Ferries 1995-2000: Comanav 2000-2000: Sancak Lines 2000-2005: Government of Trinidad & Tobago
Port of registry	1970-1978: Halmstad  Sweden 1978-1992: Caen  France 1992-2005: Nassau  Bahamas
Builder	Schiffbau Gesellschaft Unterweser AG, Bremerhaven
Launched	9 February 1970
Identification	IMO number: 7010755
Fate	Broken up 2005
General characteristics
Tonnage	5,464 GRT
Length	119.60 m (392 ft 5 in)
Beam	18.10 m (59 ft 5 in)
Draught	4.75 m (15 ft 7 in)
Installed power	2 × Pielstick 12PC2V diesels
Speed	17 knots (31.48 km/h; 19.56 mph)
Capacity	1,020 passengers 520 berths 210 cars

Reine Mathilde was a ferry operated by Brittany Ferries. She was built as the Prince of Fundy in 1970 by Schiffbau Gesellschaft Unterweser, AG, in Bremerhaven, Germany, for the Lion Ferry service between Portland, Maine, and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

The Prince of Fundy inaugurated ferry service on the Portland - Yarmouth route between 1970 and 1976.

In 1976, Lion Ferry moved the ship to the Varberg - Grenå route between 27 November 1976 and March 1978.

The ship was chartered by Brittany Ferries from 17 April 1978 initially to sail on the Portsmouth-Santander route. Her main route was Portsmouth-Saint Malo and she was renamed Prince of Brittany. She was subsequently bought and registered in France in 1980.

On 30 December 1988, she was renamed Reine Mathilde in preparation for her transfer to the Portsmouth-Caen (Ouistreham) route alongside the Duc de Normandie. In 1991, prior to the arrival of the Normandie, the Reine Mathilde was retired from service with Brittany Ferries and sold.

She was subsequently chartered by British Channel Island Ferries (BCIF) in which Brittany Ferries held a large share. In 1992, she took up service between Poole and the Channel Islands under a Bahamas registration and renamed Beauport. By the end of 1993, BCIF was experiencing financial difficulties due to competition from Condor Ferries and Beauport was returned to its owner, her passenger ship role with BCIF being taken by the Havelet.

Beauport was laid up in Southampton until mid-1994 when she was chartered to the Stern Maritime Line for its Bari - Çeşme route. After this, the ship was laid up again in 1994 but quickly found work with a Greek shipping company between Brindisi, Igoumenitsa and Patras, after which she continued on the Mediterranean regularly sailing to Morocco for Comanav. Between work with Comanav, the Beauport was chartered to the Private Media Group and carried the marketing name of Private Lady.

In 2000, Beauport moved to Sancak Lines for service between Brindisi and Çeşme. Later that year she was chartered to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. In 2005, she was sent to India and was scrapped on a beach at Alang.

• (in Swedish) History of Prince of Fundy