Pride of Flanders
1995
(Carat C-057)
- Type: Passenger/vehicle ferry
- Displacement: 18,732 grt
- Dimensions: 498 x 77 x 24 ft.
- Machinery: 2 Pielstick 12PC2-5V-400 diesels, 16,000 bhp, twin screws = 17 knots
- Passengers: 144
- Vehicles: 1,960 lane meters
- Crew:
- Builder: Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea, 1978
- Notes: Built for Stena Rederi, serving as Merzario Espania (1978), Merzario Hispania (1978-1979), and Nordic Ferry (1980-1987). Extensively modified at Bremerhaven, 1981. Requisitioned for Falklands conflict, May--Jul 1982. Converted to passenger/ro-ro ferry at Rotterdam, 1986. Taken over by P&O European Ferries in 1987; renamed Pride of Flanders in 1992. Renamed Flanders (2002) and returned to Stena Line; renamed Stena Transporter (2002-2009) and Strada Corsa (2009-2011).
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