
| mv Pride of Rotterdam |
| 24th January 1999 | Order Placed |
| March 2000 | Service name changed from mv Pride of Hull to mv Pride of Rotterdam due to the engine room fire on the mv Norstar. The mv Norstar being the dutch ship and the crew being allocated to the mv Pride of Rotterdam |
| 29th September 2000 | Launched |
| April 2001 | Delivered to owners. P&O North Sea Ferries |
| 27th April 2001 | Christened by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands in Rotterdam |
| 30th April 2001 | Entered service between Hull & Rotterdam |