History
Colloquially known as the Kent, she was built as the European Highway in 1991, a sister ship to the MS Pride of Canterbury, MS Pride of Burgundy and MS European Seaway. Originally servicing Zeebrugge, like the Pride of Canterbury, she was converted in 2003 before re-entering service on the Dover–Calais route as the Pride of Kent.
She is the second ship to bear the name — MS Spirit of Free Enterprise was renamed Pride of Kent in 1987 (later P&OSL Kent in 1998 and PO Kent in 2002) and continued to sail the Dover-Calais route until 2003.
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