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The European Gateway ferry crash off Felixstowe 15:35 - Mar 10 with 1140 viewsSteve_M

After the thread on today's North Sea collision, I've just gone looking up what happened when the ferry European Gateway collided with another ship off Felixstowe.

https://www.felixstoweremembers.com/european-gateway

https://www.doverferryphotosforums.co.uk/mv-european-gateway-past-and-present/

The second link is fascinating on the number of rebuilds the ship had after the incident.

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The European Gateway ferry crash off Felixstowe on 15:54 - Mar 10 with 1045 viewsIllinoisblue

That second link is genuinely fascinating. Not just that someone tracks all that stuff (as a hobby?) but also the numerous work and renaming a ship goes through in its lifetime.

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The European Gateway ferry crash off Felixstowe on 16:12 - Mar 10 with 984 viewsSteve_M

The European Gateway ferry crash off Felixstowe on 15:54 - Mar 10 by Illinoisblue

That second link is genuinely fascinating. Not just that someone tracks all that stuff (as a hobby?) but also the numerous work and renaming a ship goes through in its lifetime.


I'm more familiar with tankers, which can get renamed frequently but rarely have modifications on that sort of scale. A bit of an exception for LNG ships turned into floating storage units but that's just adding additional equipment to regassify the liquid.

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The European Gateway ferry crash off Felixstowe on 16:50 - Mar 10 with 918 viewsDJR

Amazing to think it's 43 years ago. I well remember seeing it on its side off the coast of Felixstowe.
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The European Gateway ferry crash off Felixstowe on 18:30 - Mar 10 with 792 viewsBarcaBlue

The European Gateway ferry crash off Felixstowe on 16:50 - Mar 10 by DJR

Amazing to think it's 43 years ago. I well remember seeing it on its side off the coast of Felixstowe.


I have a photo of it taken from a ferry when we were on booze cruise to Belgium. A bunch of windswept goths in the foreground with the "wreck" behind them. It was something like 5 quid for ferry tickets and a free bottle of whisky included in the price.
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The European Gateway ferry crash off Felixstowe on 21:45 - Mar 10 with 589 viewsdavblue

The European Gateway ferry crash off Felixstowe on 18:30 - Mar 10 by BarcaBlue

I have a photo of it taken from a ferry when we were on booze cruise to Belgium. A bunch of windswept goths in the foreground with the "wreck" behind them. It was something like 5 quid for ferry tickets and a free bottle of whisky included in the price.


My dad has mentioned those trips to Belgium on a few occasions.
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