Wight Shipyard

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Wight Shipyard
Headquarters East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
ServicesShip builder
Website www.wightshipyard.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Wight Shipyard is a shipbuilding company and shipyard based in East Cowes on the Isle of Wight in the UK, with their facilities occupying and including the historic Saunders-Roe flying boat hangar and British Hovercraft Corporation hangar. The company was originally known as Shemara Refit LLP, and was formed to undertake the refit of the classic yacht MY Shemara. They now specialise in the construction and refit of high speed craft and aluminium ships. [1]

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Red Jet 6 under test at East Cowes Red Jet 6 at East Cowes 30 June 2016.JPG
Red Jet 6 under test at East Cowes

Ships built

Yard No.YearTypeNameTonnage IMO Number ownerFlagNotes
1201641.73 m high speed passenger ferry Red Jet 6 363 GT9788083 Red Funnel British
2201735.37 m high speed passenger ferryJupiter Clipper155 GTN/A Thames Clippers [2] British
3201735.37 m high speed passenger ferryMercury Clipper155 GTN/A Thames Clippers British
4201821 m cruise boatsJacobite MaverickN/AN/AJacobite Loch Ness FerriesBritishBuilt by Aluminium Marine Consultants under subcontract at their shipyard in East Cowes
5201841.73 m high speed passenger ferry Red Jet 7 363 GT9838321 Red Funnel British
6201839 m high speed passenger ferryTwin City Liner 3N/AN/ACentral Danube Region Marketing & Development GmbH’s Twin City LinerAustriaWight Shipyard first export order
7201938.2 m high speed passenger ferryVenus Clipper [3] 172 GTN/A Thames Clippers British
8201937 m passenger ferryLady A295 GT9886146Ultramar ferriesMexico
9201937 m passenger ferryLady D295 GTN/AUltramar ferriesMexico
1020199 m Hybrid Patrol VesselChasewell 9mN/AN/AChartwell MarineBritish
11202034.14 m passenger ferryI See One222 GT9881976Captain Morgan Holdings LtdMalta
12202034.14 m passenger ferryI See Two222 GTN/ACaptain Morgan Holdings LtdMalta
13202020 m passenger ferryI See Three125 GT9881952Captain Morgan Holdings LtdMalta
14202020 m passenger ferryI See Four 125 GT9881964Captain Morgan Holdings LtdMalta
15202122 m Hybrid CTVCWind PioneerN/AN/ACwindBritishWorld’s first hybrid powered surface effect ship
16202227.3 m explorer yachts Arksen 85N/AN/AN/AArksen yachtsN/A
17202227.3 m explorer yachts Arksen 85N/AN/AN/AArksen yachtsN/A
18202238.22 m Hybrid high speed passenger ferry [4] Earth ClipperN/AN/A Thames Clippers Britishfirst hybrid high speed passenger ferry to be built in the UK
19202338.22 m Hybrid high speed passenger ferryCelestial Clipper LondonN/AN/A Thames Clippers Britishsecond hybrid high speed passenger ferry to be built in the UK
20202327.3 m explorer yachts Arksen 85N/AN/AN/AArksen yachtsN/A
21202438.22 m Hybrid high speed passenger ferryMars Clipper LondonN/AN/A Thames Clippers British
23. Mars Clipper.jpg

Ships refitted

References

  1. ↑ "Wight Shipyard Co". Wight Shipyard Co. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Meet Our Fleet" (PDF). Thames Clippers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Clippers, MBNA Thames. "MBNA Thames Clippers names its biggest-ever vessel". www.thamesclippers.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "19104 - 38m Uber Boat".
  5. ↑ "Shemara Refit awarded major refit program by MBNA Thames Clippers". Thames Clippers. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Major refurbishment for Red Eagle". Wight Shipyard. Wight Shipyard. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Southampton Marine Services moves ahead on Red Eagle refit". MarineLog.com. Marine Log . Retrieved 15 July 2018.

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