MS GNV Cristal is a cruiseferry owned by the Italy-based SNAV and operated by their Grandi Navi Veloci brand.

After the fire had been extinguished and power restored, the ship returned to Le Havre with the assistance of two tugs.

After unloading the injured crewmen the Pride of Le Havre sailed to Portsmouth, where she arrived early the next morning.

The plans came under scrutiny of the relevant competition regulators, and as a result Brittany Ferries decided not to charter the ships.

[1][2] On 30 December 2005 the Pride of Le Havre was renamed SNAV Sardegna, but she retained United Kingdom flag for the time being.

On 27 March 2006 she was re-registered in Italy, and in May of the same year she entered service on SNAV's routes from Civitavecchia to Palermo and Olbia.

[citation needed] Grandi Navi Veloci and SNAV are both subsidiaries of MSC Group and merged in 2010.

In 2006 she was sold to DFDS Seaways[14] to serve the IJmuiden, The Netherlands–Newcastle, England route as MS Princess of Norway.

MS Nils Holgersson (1987) was the second of the sisters built by AG Weser Seebeckwerft, Bremerhaven, Germany for TT-Line.

The former MS Koningin Beatrix (1986),[15] sold in 1989 to Stena Line and renamed in 2002 as MS Stena Baltica, and now SNAV Adriatico, was built by the Dutch shipyard Van der Giessen de Noord for SMZ to a similar design, supplied by A.G.