Background and construction
In January 2018, plans for a new Mersey Ferry were proposed, [1] but were put on hold in May 2018. The project was shelved until March 2022, when Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, Steven Rotheram, gave the greenlight again to build the new ship, though a builder had yet to be rewarded the contract. Eventually, the Cammell Laird's shipyard won the contract. [2]
Royal Daffodil was laid down at Cammell Laird's shipyard on 10 January 2025, and her name was announced the same day. [3] The placing of the funnel on 27 June marked a milestone of completion of the vessel. [4] She is the sixth Mersey Ferry to share this name, but the first one to be completed under that name. She has cost about £26,000,000, and was designed to both be modern, while still retaining the traditional style of the older ferries with the red funnel and black hull.
The ship was wheeled to the river's edge, where she was eventually floated out from the rising tide around 11AM on 6 November, where she was then towed to the Birkenhead Basin for outfitting. [5] She is to be the largest ferry on the Mersey operating, being both larger than Snowdrop and Royal Iris of the Mersey.
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