Poole Harbour welcomes biggest ever visitor
- Mon, 8 Feb 2010
Poole Harbour has welcomed the largest ever vessel to grace its waters.
Brittany Ferries' 29,500-tonne cruise ferry Armorique arrived from Cherbourg to begin a temporary period of operations between France and the Dorset port.
Despite its size - Armorique is 168.3m long and 26.8m wide - it is a very manoeuvrable vessel, with bow thrusters and a stern thrusters.
"It is all very high tech," said Brian Murphy, Poole's harbourmaster, who in his capacity as a pilot brought the ship into harbour. "It was no problem at all."
Armorique is scheduled to operate out of Poole until 7 March.
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