Spirit of Britain sailings

If you're keen to travel on the Spirit of Britain and experience our super ferry first hand, take a look at our Dover to Calais sailing schedule - you'll see our Spirit of Britain crossings are highlighted in blue boxes.

Spirit of Britain timetable (PDF 3365 kb)

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Spirit of France

Spirit of France sets sail for Dover

The Spirit of Fance has set sail! We took delivery of our second new €180 million ship during a handover ceremony at the STX Europe shipyard in Rauma, Finland.

The Spirit of France has begun its 1,400 mile voyage to Dover under the command of Captain Steve Johnson, Senior Master. The estimated time of arrival at Dover is 11.00hrs on Saturday 28 January. Final preparations will then be made for the new ship to take up service on the Dover – Calais route by mid February.

At more than 47,000 gross tons and 213 metres in length, Spirit of France, and sister ship Spirit of Britain which began service last year, are the largest ferries ever built for the Dover Strait. The combined cost of €360 million is the largest investment ever made by P&O Ferries.

To see just how amazing our two new superferries are take a look at our dedicated site POferries.com/newships. You'll find exclusive photos, renders, a build timeline and even virtual walkthroughs - which uses the latest technology to bring the ships to life, so you can explore the ships before you've even step foot on them!

Want to find out more about the work that went into the Spirt of Britain and Spirit of France? Visit our new ships blog,

POferries.com/newships, take a look!