Townsend Thoresen

  • Here is a detailed metal model of the Pride of Free Enterprise, a Cross Channel Ro Ro ferry built for the Townsend Thoresen Company and in service from 1979-87. She was the third of three to be built in class and this design was the the first passenger-carrying ferry on the Dover Strait with two vehicle decks and double-level loading. She was 132metres long and just under 8000 tons in size and top speed of 22 knots and carrying 1400 passengers. Another ferry from CNCollectables ref F32 with new tooling in 2021. Posted all over the world with tracked postage.
  • Here is a detailed metal model of the Spirit of Free Enterprise, a Cross Channel Ro Ro ferry built for the Townsend Thoresen Company and in service from 1979-87. She was the second of three to built in class and this design was the the first passenger-carrying ferry on the Dover Strait with two vehicle decks and double-level loading. She was 132metres long and just under 8000 tons in size and top speed of 22 knots and carrying 1400 passengers. Another ferry from CNCollectables ref F31 with new tooling in 2021. Posted all over the world with tracked postage.
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    MV Free Enterprise V, RoRo Cross Channel Ferry, Townsend Thoresen Livery one Green hull.

    Original price was: £39.95.Current price is: £34.95.
    Here is a detailed metal model of MS Free Enterprise V, a Cross Channel Ro Ro ferry built for the Townsend Thoresen Company and in service from 1970-87. She had a long and successful history and we are making her in six different liveries in the summer of 2020 which are two TT, plus P&O, TEE, Comanov and Veronica Line.     She was 117metres long  or 385ft and just over 5000 tons in size and top speed of 19 knots could carry 1132 passengers. and 250 cars. This model was released in a limited run in July 2020.  Scale is 1/1250 She was built in 1970 in Schiedam, Netherlands for the Townsend Thoresen company. She worked on various routes between 1970 and 1987 including Dover-Calais, Dover-Zeebrugge, Dover-Boulogne and Portsmouth-Cherbourg. She carried a variety of Townsend liveries (at least 9) of which we have made two. She went on to sail for P & O (1988)  as the Pride of Hythe, TEE (1993) as Laburnum, Comonav as Tadla (2003) and Veronica Line as Veronica (2007) until she was scrapped in 2012. Posted all over the world with tracked postage. CNCollectables catalogue number  F03
  • Here is a detailed metal model of MS Spirit of Free Enterprise, a Cross Channel Ro Ro ferry built for the Townsend Thoresen Company and in service from 1979-87. She was the second of three to built in class and this design was the the first passenger-carrying ferry on the Dover Strait with two vehicle decks and double-level loading. She was 132metres long and just under 8000 tons in size and top speed of 22 knots and carrying 1400 passengers. This model was released in June 2019.  Scale is 1/1250 Ref MM501 Mountford plan to release all three of the Spirit class in its various liveries during 2019/20 Posted all over the world with tracked postage.

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