Category: Sealink
Mv Antrim Princess – Past and Present
Mv Stella ex Giuseppe D’Abundo, Lauro Express, Tynwald, Antrim Princess © BRB (Roy Thornton Collection) Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1967 at Hawthorn, Leslie (Shipbuilders) Hebburn, Tyne (Yard No 765) as a roll-on roll-off car and commercial vehicle ferry, for Caledonian Steam Packet (Irish Services) Ltd. Technical Data Length on deck: 112.63m (369.6 [...]
Mv Essex Ferry (II) – Past and Present
Mv Essex Ferry Roy Thornton Collection Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1957 at John Brown & Co., (Clydebank) Ltd (Yard No 694) for British Railways as a passenger and train ferry. Technical Data Length: 121.9m (399.10 ft)(overall), 382.0 ft (between perpendiculars) Breadth of hull: 18.7m (61.4 ft)(extreme) Depth: 5.79m (19.0 ft) Draught: 3.7m (12.075 [...]
Ts Duke of Rothesay (III) – Past and Present
Ts Duke of Rothesay (III) Roy Thornton Collection Steel twin screw turbine vessel built by William Denny & Bros, Ltd., Dumbarton 1956 (Yard No 1487) for The British Transport Commission originally as a passenger and cargo vessel. Technical Data Length: 114.64m (overall), 107.90m (between perpendiculars) Breadth of hull: 17.48m (extreme) Depth: 5.97m Draught: 4.54m (maximum) [...]
Mv St Faith – Past and Present
05/04/13 – New photos from yours truly addedMv St Faith © Brian Fisher Steel twin screw double ended vessel built at Cochrane Yard, Selby, England in 1990 (Yard no.169) for Sealink UK, London, England as a passenger and vehicle ferry. Technical Data Length: 76.09m (overall) 72.40m (between perpendiculars) Breadth of hull: 24.40m (extreme) 117.22m (moulded) [...]
Mv St Catherine – Past and Present
08/06/2013: Launch pics addedMv GB Conte ex St Catherine © Brian Fisher Steel twin screw double ended vessel built at Henry Robb Caledon Shipbuilders Ltd., Leith, Scotland in 1983 (Yard no. 534) for Sealink British Rail, London, England as a passenger and vehicle ferry. Technical Data Length: 77.02m (overall) 75.62m (between perpendiculars) Breadth of hull: [...]
Mv St Cecilia – Past and Present
Mv St Cecilia Roy Thornton Collection Steel twin screw double ended vessel built at Cochrane Yard, Selby, England in 1987 (Yard no.135) for Sealink UK, London, England as a passenger and vehicle ferry. Technical Data Length: 77.02m (overall) 75.62m (between perpendiculars) Breadth of hull: 17.02m (extreme) 16.81m (moulded) 21.5m (overall (wheelhouse wings) Depth: 4.53m Draught: [...]
Mv St Helen – Past and Present
Mv St Helen Photoship Steel twin screw double ended vessel built at Henry Robb Caledon Shipbuilders Ltd., Leith, Scotland in 1983 (Yard no. 535) for Sealink British Rail, London, England as a passenger and vehicle ferry. Technical Data Length: 76.97m (overall) 75.01m (between perpendiculars) Breadth of hull: 17.23m (extreme) 16.81m (moulded) 21.5m (overall (wheelhouse wings) [...]
Mv Clare – Past and Present
Mv Clare ex Dana Baltica, Vinzia E, Norcrest, Wesertal, Meyer Express, Wesertal © Jurgen Stein Steel twin screw motor vessel, built in 1972 by Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven, (Yard No 367) for J.A. Reinecke & Company, Germany as a passenger and commercial vehicle ferry. Technical data Length: 114.86m (overall), 103.41m (between perpendiculars) Breadth of Hull: 17.63m [...]
Ts Avalon – Past and Present
Ts Valon ex Avalon Nigel Thornton Collection Steel twin screw passenger steamer built in 1963 by Alex. Stephen & Sons Ltd,. Linthouse, Glasgow (Yard No. 680) for British Railways. Technical Data Length on deck: 113.46m (404.0 ft) (overall), 372.0 ft (between perpendiculars) Breadth: 18.20m (59.8 ft)(extreme) Depth: (29.0 ft)(moulded) Draught: 8.85m (15.9 ft)(maximum) Tonnage: 6,707, [...]
Mv Anu – Past and Present
Mv Fjardvagen ex Norman Commodore, Pride of Portsmouth, Mads Mols, Mads Trader, Merchant Trader, Sir Lamorak, Lakespan Ontario, Lady Catherin, Lune Bridge, Norcliff, Anu Andreas Wörteler Collection Steel twin screw motor vessel, built in 1972 by Ankerlökken Verft A/S, Florø, Norway (Yard No. 90 ), for Alander Frachtsciff GmbH, Hamburg as a roll-on and roll-off [...]
Mv Capitaine Le Goff – Past and Present
Mv Al Zaher II ex Capitaine Le Goff, Admiral Carrier I Courtesy of the World Ship Society, East Kent Branch Steel twin-screw motor vessel built in 1972 at Hatlo Verksted A/S, Ulsteinvik, Norway (Yard No 46), for A/S Larvik – Frederikshavns Linien, Larvik, Norway,as a Ro/Ro freight vessel. Technical Data Length: 91.07m (298.8 ft)(overall)/84.31m (276.6 [...]
Mv Prinsessan Desiree – Past and Present
Mv Bohus ex Lion Princess, Europafarjan II, Europafarjan, Prinsessan Desiree. Nigel Thornton Collection Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1971 at Aalborg Værft, A/S, Ålborg, Denmark (Yard No 190) for Rederi AB, Goteborg Frederikshavn Linjen, Sweden (operating under the name of Sessan Linjen) as a passenger and vehicle ferry. Technical Data Length: 123.45m (404.9 [...]
Tug Meeching – Past and Present
15/01/2013: Additions/corrections to Technical Data/HistoryNore Crest ex Meeching Nigel Thornton Collection Steel twin screw diesel engined tug built 1960 by P.K. Harris, Appledore. (Yard No 127 )for British Transport Commission. Technical Data Length: 29.26m (96.00 ft) (overall), 27.73m (between perpendiculars) Breadth: 7.68m (25.2 ft)(extreme), 7.76m (moulded) Depth: 3.68m Draught: 3.11m (10.2 ft) maximum Tonnage: 153, [...]
Mv Earl William – Past and Present
22/03/2013: Additional Immigration Detention Centre pics.“Ocean Pearl” ex Windward II, Cesme Stern, Mar-Jua, Pearl William, William, Earl William, Carferry-Viking II,Viking II Nigel Thornton Collection Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1964 by Kaldnes Mekaniske Verksted A/S. Tonsberg, Norway, (Yard No 160) for Otto Thoresen Shipping Co. A/S, Oslo, Norway, as a passenger and vehicle [...]
