SS Holyhead Ferry I

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Holyhead Ferry I in Holyhead
History
Name:
  • 1965-1976: Holyhead Ferry I
  • 1976-1981: Earl Leofric
Operator: 1965-1981: British Railways
Port of registry: Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn
Yard number: 757
Launched: 17 February 1965
Out of service: 1981
Identification: IMO number:  6508470
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage: 3,879  gross register tons  (GRT)
Length: 369 feet (112 m)
Beam: 57.2 feet (17.4 m)
Draught: 12.8 feet (3.9 m)
Installed power: 12,000 shp
Speed: 19.5 knots
Capacity: 1,000 passengers, 150 cars

TSS Holyhead Ferry I was a passenger vessel built for British Railways in 1965. [1]

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. [2]

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References

  1. Duckworth, Christian Leslie Dyce; Langmuir, Graham Easton (1968). Railway and other Steamers. Prescot, Lancashire: T. Stephenson and Sons.
  2. "T/S HOLYHEAD FERRY I." (in Swedish). Fakta om Fartyg. Retrieved 2 April 2011.