MV Larkspur

300px Transeuropa ferry Larkspur leaving Ostend in 2006
Career
Name:	Gedser
Owner:	Gedser-Travemünde Ruten A/S
Operator:	Gedser-Travemünde Ruten A/S
Port of registry:	Gedser, Denmark
Route:	Gedser-Travemünde
Builder:	Schichau Unterweser AG, Germany
Yard number:	2269
Christened:	Gedser
Completed:	1976
In service:	1976
Out of service:	1986
Identification:	IMO number: 7500451
Fate:	sold
Career
Name:	Larkspur
Owner:	Transeuropa Ferries
Operator:	Transeuropa Ferries
Port of registry:	Nassau, Bahamas
Route:	Ramsgate-Ostend
In service:	1999
Identification:	Callsign C6BR6
Status:	in service
General characteristics
Tonnage:	14,300 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	143.84 m (471.9 ft)
Beam:	20.5 m (67.3 ft)
Draught:	5.81 m (19.1 ft)
Installed power:	Two SWD 9TM410
Speed:	18.5 kn (34.3 km/h)

The MV Larkspur is a freight and passenger ferry which is owned and operated by Transeuropa Ferries.

History

The MV Larkspur was launched for Gedser-Travemünde Ruten as the Gedser in 1976. In 1986 Gedser was sold to Sally Line for use on the Ramsgate Dunkirk route and renamed Viking 2. In 1988 the vessel was sold to Johnson Line (Silja Line partner) and renamed again, this time to Sally Sky but remained on the same route. In 1997 Sally Sky was renamed Eurotraveller and moved to the Ramsgate Ostend service for Sally Line. However this identity was short lived, as Sally Line ceased trading in 1998. In 1999 Eurotraveller was first leased to, and then sold to Transeuropa Ferries, remaining on the same route and renamed Larkspur.