Yard number 757 Identification IMO number 6508470 Launched 17 February 1965 Draft 3.9 m | Out of service 1981 Fate Scrapped Length 112 m Beam 17 m | |
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Name 1965-1976 Holyhead Ferry I
1976-1981 Earl Leofric Operator 1965-1981 British Railways Builders Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn | ||
TSS Holyhead Ferry I was a passenger vessel built for British Railways in 1965.
History
TSS Holyhead Ferry I was built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn for British Railways for the Irish Sea crossing between Holyhead and Dun Laoghaire and Dublin.
In 1976 she was rebuilt by Swan Hunter on the River Tyne which increased her car capacity from 150 to 205, but reduced the passenger capacity to 725. She was renamed Earl Leofric. In 1979 she fell under the control of the British Railways subsidiary company Sealink UK Ltd.
She was scrapped in June 1981 at San Esteban de Pravia, Spain.
References
SS Holyhead Ferry I Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA