Free Enterprise was built in 1962 by I.C.H. Holland, Werf Gusto Yard,
Schiedam, the Netherlands, for
Townsend Brothers Ferries. She was their first purpose built roll-on/roll-off passenger and vehicle ferry and entered service in 1962 on the
Dover -
Calais route. On delivery of in May 1965, she was renamed
Free Enterprise I. In 1968, the company became
European Ferries, continuing to operate services as
Townsend Thoresen and
Free Enterprise I appeared briefly in the 1969 film classic
The Italian Job, starring
Michael Caine,
Noël Coward and
Benny Hill. In February 1980,
Free Enterprise I was sold to
Ventouris Group as the
Kimolos. She ran aground twice in 1983. In 1997
Methodia II was sold to Sinderella NE, Piraeus, and renamed
Kallisti.
Kallisti was laid up in
Heraklion in 2003. In 2005, she was registered to
Ionian Lines Cruises & Ferry. She served for two years before being laid up in 2007. She never returned to service and was sold for scrap in June 2013. ==Layout==