Following the closure of Olau Line, TT-Line chartered the two vessels to P&O European Ferries and the Olau Britannia was consequently renamed Pride of Portsmouth to fit with P&O's branding policy at the time and re-registered to the United Kingdom [REF].
On 28 September 2004 P&O Ferries announced plans to charter the Pride of Portsmouth and her sister Pride of Le Havre to Brittany Ferries.