Blast from the past

Here's European Trader at Dover, in August 1990. She was one of a group of three sister-ships - herself, European Gateway and European Clearway built for Townsend Thoresen in 1975 - and one close sister, European Enterprise (renamed European Endeavour after the Zeebrugge disaster in 1987 when P&O wanted to rid themselves of any references containing the words 'free', 'enterprise' or combination of both) built in 1978.
European Trader was eventually moved to Portsmouth and then to the Irish Sea before being sold for further service as Taygran Trader. She finished her days in the Red Sea as Lina Trader and was broken up at Alang in 2006.

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I am hoping to catch up with another former Townsend Thoresen ship in a couple of weeks time. Me and a ship-spotting mate are going to southern Spain over a weekend and are hoping to do a day trip to Morocco on Sherbatskiy, the former Pride of Free Enterprise. The flights and the crossing are all booked, so we're hoping nothing happens to the ship in the meantime, she's reportedly not in the best shape. Oh and the flight out is on Friday 13th...wish us luck!