MV Hibernia (1949)

MV Hibernia was a twin screw motor vessel operated by the British Transport Commission from 1948 to 1962 and British Rail from 1962 to 1976.[2] Together with her sister ship the MV Cambria she served the Holyhead to Dún Laoghaire route across the Irish Sea.[3]

Hibernia at Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire - 1973
History
Name:
  • 1949-1976: Hibernia
  • 1976-1980: Express Apollon
Owner:
Operator:
Port of registry:
Route:
Builder: Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number: 1367
Launched: 1948
Maiden voyage: 14 April 1949
Out of service: 1980
Identification: IMO number: 5150111
Fate: Scrapped in India
General characteristics
Tonnage: 4,972 gross register tons (GRT)
Length: 379.5 ft (115.7 m)
Beam: 54.2 ft (16.5 m)
Draught: 28 ft (8.5 m)

History

She was built by Harland and Wolff of Belfast, launched in 1948 for the British Transport Commission and started service in 1949. She replaced a 1920 vessel of the same name, the twin screw steamer Hibernia.

In 1951 she was fitted with Denny-Brown stabilisers. In 1964-65 they were refurbished with airline style seating. Some cabins and staterooms were removed and replaced with second-class lounges, and a cafeteria. The screened areas were extended to provide further covered seating, and the first and second class smokerooms were converted into a tea lounge.[4]

She was sold in 1976 to the Agapitos Brothers in Greece and became the Express Apollon but never traded in Greece. She remained laid-up at Salamina, and was sold to Indian breakers in 1980. She arrived in Darukhana, India in 1980 for scrapping by Ankom Solid Steel Traders, and had been demolished by 1981.

References
  1. "MENAI STRAITS, BRITANNIA BRIDGE - HC Deb 24 July 1970 vol 804 cc1023-39". hansard.millbanksystems.com. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
  3. "Chronological list of Ships operating on the Holyhead to Ireland Route". Archived from the original on 27 July 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. Merrigan, Justin P.; Collard, Ian H (15 November 2010). Holyhead to Ireland: Stena and Its Welsh Heritage. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1848689589.
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