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MS Norcape

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Port of registry
  
Nassau, Bahamas

Yard number
  
1164

Length
  
150 m

Draft
  
5.1 m

Route
  
Liverpool to Dublin

Launched
  
1979

Weight
  
6.39 tons

Beam
  
21 m

MS Norcape wwwsimplonpccoukNorthSeaFerriesNorcape201jpg

Name
  
Puma (1979) Tipperary (1979 - 1989) Norcape (1989 Onwards)

Owner
  
P&O Ferries (1979 - 1989) Norcape Shipping BV (1989 Onwards)

Operator
  
B&I Line (1979 - 1989) North Sea Ferries (1989 - 1996) P&O North Sea Ferries (1996 - 2002) P&O Ferries (2002 - 2008) P&O Irish Sea (2008) P&O Ferries (2008 - 2010) P&O Irish Sea (2010) P&O Ferries (2010 - 2011)

Builder
  
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding

MS Norcape was a ro-ro freight vessel built for the British ferry company P&O Ferries. She was built in 1979 by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Japan as Puma. Later that year, she was renamed Tipperary and began service with B&I Line, operating between Liverpool and Dublin. After 10 years she was transferred to P&O North Sea Ferries and renamed as Norcape. She was laid up in Liverpool in 2010 before going to refit and transferring to the Larne Troon route. She was sold for scrap following a grounding in Troon and cut up in Aliağa, Turkey.

References

MS Norcape Wikipedia