Completed 22 April 1980 Length 128 m Builder Harland and Wolff | Launched 1979 Beam 22 m | |
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Name 1979-1991 Galloway Princess
1991-2002 Stena Galloway
2002-current Le Rif Operator 1979-1991 British Railways
1991-2002 Stena Line
2002 International Maritime Transport Corporation, Morocco Identification IMO number 7719430 7719430 Tonnage 12,175 gross register tons (GRT) Propulsion 2 Pielstick 16PC2V diesel engines | ||
MV Galloway Princess was a passenger vessel built for British Railways in 1979.
History
She was built in 1979 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for IBOS Finance Ltd, and chartered by Sealink. She was 12,175 Gross Tonnes, and fitted with two Pielstick 16PC2V diesel engines could achieve a speed of 19 knots. She could carry 1,000 passengers and 280 cars. She was employed on the Larne to Stranraer service from 1st May 1980.
In July 1984 she was registered to Sea Containers Ltd.
In May 1990 she was sold to Stena Line and in February 1991 they renamed her Stena Galloway.
Stena sold her in 2002 to the International Maritime Transport Corporation, Morocco and she was renamed Le Rif. There was an onboard fire on 22 April 2008 at Algeciras, Spain.
References
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