MV St Cecilia
Appearance
![]() St Cecilia in Portsmouth harbour.
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History | |
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Name | MV St Cecilia |
Operator | Wightlink |
Port of registry | London |
Builder | Cochrane Shipbuilders Ltd, Selby |
In service | March 1987 |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Car Passenger Ferry |
Tonnage | 2968GRT[1] |
Length | 77.05 metres (252.8 ft) |
Beam | 17.2 metres (56 ft) |
Draught | 2.48 metres (8 ft 2 in) |
Installed power | 3x 850bhp 6-cyl MAN 6ASL25 diesel engines |
Propulsion | 3x Voith Schneider cycloidal propellers |
Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
Capacity |
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Crew | 10-12 |
MV St Cecilia is a vehicle and passenger ferry operated by Wightlink on their route from Portsmouth to Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight, the route she has taken throughout her life.[2]
St Cecilia was built in Yorkshire and was launched into the River Ouse. In March 1987, she began carrying passengers. In 2001 she appeared as a fictional "Norselink" ferry in a Gérard Depardieu film.[2]
There are currently plans to increase the capacity of the ship by extending her by 12 metres.[2]
References
- ^ Nick Widdows, [1998] Ferries of the British Isles & Northern Europe; Ferry Publications
- ^ a b c "Wightlink - St Cecilia". www.wightlink.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
External links
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