Claim: Pelegaos is a RoPax  ferry  named after a marine conservation area surrounding Corsica and owned and operated by french shipping company La Méridionale,  that was built in October 1997 and  entered service with Norse Irish Ferries, which merged with Norfolkline.
Evidence: Pelegaos is a RoPax ferry owned and operated by french shipping company La Méridionale. The vessel is named after a marine conservation area surrounding Corsica. Pelagos was built in October 1997 as the Lagan Viking, entering service with Norse Irish Ferries Belfast to Liverpool route. In November 2005 the Norse Merchant Group was acquired by Maersk and integrated into Norfolkline. In February 2001, Cenargo, the owners of Merchant Ferries purchased Norse Irish Ferries. The two companies merged and operated together as Norse Merchant Ferries.