MV St Cecilia

St Cecilia in Portsmouth harbour.
History
Name: St Cecilia
Owner:
Operator:
Port of registry: Portsmouth,  United Kingdom
Builder: Cochrane Shipbuilders Ltd, Selby
Yard number: 135
In service: March 1987
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class and type: Car Passenger Ferry St Class
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:
  • 771 passengers
  • 142 cars
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]

References

  1. ↑ Nick Widdows, [1998] Ferries of the British Isles & Northern Europe; Ferry Publications
  2. 1 2 "Wightlink - St Cecilia". www.wightlink.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
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