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SS Holyhead Ferry I

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Holyhead Ferry I in Holyhead
History
Name
  • 1965–1976: Holyhead Ferry I
  • 1976–1981: Earl Leofric
Operator1965–1981: British Railways
Port of registryUnited Kingdom
BuilderHawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn
Yard number757
Launched17 February 1965
Out of service1981
IdentificationIMO number6508470
FateScrapped 1981
General characteristics
Tonnage3,879 gross register tons (GRT)
Length369 feet (112 m)
Beam57.2 feet (17.4 m)
Draught12.8 feet (3.9 m)
Installed power12,000 shp
Speed19.5 knots
Capacity1,000 passengers, 150 cars

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

History

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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]

References

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  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.