MS European Gateway is a roll-on roll-off (RORO

RORO

Roll-on/roll-off ships are vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo such as automobiles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, trailers or railroad cars that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels...

) car and passenger ferry built in 1975, originally owned and operated by Townsend Thoresen

European Ferries

European Ferries Group Plc was a company that operated in passenger and freight ferries, harbour operation and property management in the United Kingdom and the United States...

. In 1982, she capsized following a collision with the off Harwich

Harwich

Harwich is a town in Essex, England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the northeast, Ipswich to the northwest, Colchester to the southwest and Clacton-on-Sea to the south...

, settling on a sandbank. She was subsequently refloated and repaired and is currently serving the Greek Islands

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 as Penelope.

Sister Ships

The European Gateway has three sister ships:

• European Enterprise
  MV Gardenia
  MV Gardenia is a freight ferry which is owned and operated by Transeuropa Ferries.-History:The Gardenia was launched for Townsend Thoresen as the European Enterprise in 1978. Townsend Thoresen was absorbed by P&O European Ferries in 1987 and the same year the vessel was renamed European Endeavour...
  
   - Currently serving as Gardenia
• European Trader - Currenty serving as Lina Trader
• European Clearway - Currently serving as Via Mare

See also

• MS Herald of Free Enterprise - Another ferry owned by Townsend Thoresen
  European Ferries
  European Ferries Group Plc was a company that operated in passenger and freight ferries, harbour operation and property management in the United Kingdom and the United States...
  
  which sank.