MV Duc de Normandie was a passenger car ferry built in 1978 as the Prinses Beatrix.

She was built in 1978 as the Prinses Beatrix by Verolme Shipyard, in Heusden, the Netherlands and worked for Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland on its joint Sealink route between Hook of Holland and Harwich, Parkeston Quay.

[2] The ferry sailed alongside Reine Mathilde on its favoured route to Ouistreham.

In 2006 she was chartered to Ferrimaroc and Acciona Trasmeditarranea for use on their Almeria (Spain) to Nador (Morocco) route.

[4][5] Prinses Beatrix is visible during the opening credits of the first series of the British comedy-drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.