MV Honfleur

Brittany Ferries ordered Honfleur in June 2017 from German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) at a cost of about €200 million.[2][3] Construction began in March 2018 when the first steel was cut, followed by the laying of the keel several months later.[4][5] She was launched in December 2018,[6] and following fitting out was scheduled to be delivered in May 2019 before entering service the following winter season.[5] Once in service, she was to sail between Portsmouth, England and Caen, France.[2]

The completion of construction and fitting out of Honfleur was delayed by several years, and she was still unfinished, with up to a year estimated to remain until delivery, when Brittany Ferries canceled their order for the ship in June 2020.[7] According to FSG, the incomplete vessel was under the shipyard's ownership at the time, leaving her fate unclear.[7] Subsequently it was reported that, as part of the restructuring of the shipyard, the unfinished ferry would be acquired by the former owner of FSG, Siem Industries, possibly for completion elsewhere.[8][9]

Honfleur measures 42,400 GT, with a length of 187.4 metres (615 ft), a beam of 31 metres (102 ft), and a draft of 6.6 metres (22 ft).[5] She can carry up to 1,680 passengers, with 261 individual cabins, and has a 2,600 lane meter freight deck, with a capacity of 130 freight trucks, or 550 passenger cars and 64 trucks.[5] She is powered by four liquefied natural gas engines, with an output of about 30,000 kilowatts (40,000 hp), driving electrical generators that power two propellers, giving her a 22 knots (25 mph) service speed.[5][3]