Yard number 1541 Length 115 m Builder Harland and Wolff | Launched 1956 Draft 4.54 m | |
Name 1956-1875 Duke of Argyll1975-1987 Neptunia1987-1994 Corinthia1994-1995 Faith Power1995-1995 Fairy Princess1995-1995 Zenith Owner 1956-1963 British Transport Commission1963-1975 Sealink1975-1987 Libra Maritime1987-1994 Hellenic Maritime Lines1994-1995 Hong Kong Operator 1956-1963 British Transport Commission1963-1975 Sealink1975-1987 Libra Maritime1987-1994 Hellenic Maritime Lines1994-1995 Hong Kong | ||
The Duke of Argyll was a railway steamer passenger ship that operated in Europe from 1956 to 1975.
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In service
Along with her sister ships the TSS Duke of Lancaster and the TSS Duke of Rothesay she was amongst the last passenger-only steamers built for British Railways (at that time, also a ferry operator). She was a replacement for the 1928 steamer built by the London Midland and Scottish Railway, RMS Duke of Argyll.
Built at Harland and Wolff, Belfast and completed in 1956, she was designed to operate as both a passenger ferry (primarily on the Heysham-Belfast route) and as a cruise ship.
Post Sealink
She operated as Neptunia for Libra Maritime from 1975 to 1987, then as Corinthia for Hellenic Maritime from 1987 to 1994.
She arrived in Hong Kong as Faith Power in 1994 and was renamed Fairy Princess in 1995 and then Zenith. In July 1995 she caught fire. The fire was extinguished and she was run aground. Later refloated, she was sent for scrap.