Yard number 1368 Launched 1948 Draft 8.38 m | Maiden voyage 1949 Length 116 m Builder Harland and Wolff | |
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Name 1949-1976 MV Cambria1976-1980 Altaif1980-1981 Al Taif Owner 1949-1968 British Transport Commission1962-1976 British Rail1976-1981 Orri Navigation Company Operator 1949-1968 British Transport Commission1962-1976 British Rail1976-1981 Orri Navigation Company Route 1949-1976 Holyhead - Dún Laoghaire | ||
MV Cambria was a twin screw motor vessel operated by the British Transport Commission from 1948 to 1962 and British Rail from 1962 to 1976.
History
She was built by Harland and Wolff of Belfast, launched in 1948 for the British Transport Commission and started service in 1949. She replaced a 1920 vessel of the same name, the twin screw steamer Cambria.
In 1951 she was fitted with Denny-Brown stabilisers. In 1964–65 they were refurbished with airline style seating. Some cabins and staterooms were removed and replaced with second-class lounges, and a cafeteria. The screened areas were extended to provide further covered seating, and the first and second class smokerooms were converted into a tea lounge.
She was sold in 1976 to the Orri Navigation Company in Saudi Arabia and became the Altaif.