The section of the site devoted to looking at what happened to the vessels which have moved on to waters new.
One-time Sealink crew member, Patrick Heard, visited the former ST CHRISTOPHER / STENA ANTRIM on her new route between Italy and Albania recently. In this article we share some of his photos and an update on the second Sealink ‘Saint’ that has been given a new lease of life.
Ferry photographer and writer, Matt Davies took a trip on the first of the four near-sisters built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for Sealink. In this article we share some of his photos and take a look at the first Sealink ‘Saint’ to be given a new lease of life in recent times.
MOROCCO SUN, the former GALLOWAY PRINCESS and STENA GALLOWAY of 1980, has emerged from dry dock in Gibraltar wearing a revised livery.
TWENTY years on from her introduction we take a look at P&O Irish Sea’s former Larne to Cairnryan/Troon catamaran ‘Superstar Express’.
Find out about Stena Line’s Stena Lagan including her facilities, history, and technical data.
European Endeavour was a P&O Ferries Ro-Pax ferry which has operated on the Dublin to Liverpool route from May 2011 until April 2019. This profile contains details of her history, technical information, and photos.
STENA NORDICA is a Stena Line passenger and vehicle Ro-Pax ferry. This article contains details of her history, technical data, and photos.
STENA FORERUNNER is a large RoRo freight ferry built for Stena RoRo in China. This page includes details such as her history, technical data, and a photo gallery.
Profile of the former Irish Ferries Rosslare to Cherbourg / Roscoff ‘cruiseferry’ Oscar Wilde, now GNV Allegra. Includes tech data, deck layout plan, history, and gallery.
Overview MV Rachlyn was acquired at a cost of £50,000* for the Strangford ferry service in 2009 to act as a backup passenger only vessel in the event that the normal car carrying vessels Portaferry II and MV Strangford and were both out of service.  Prior to joining the Strangford service, MV Rachlyn operated as an excursion vessel based in Bangor marketed as “the Bangor Boat” (click here to visit their site).  MV Rachlyn replaced the previous passenger only vessel Isle O’Valla.* according to the answer to a question asked in the NI assembly and in the public record. Technical data Name MV Rachlyn Owner NI Department for Infrastructure (UK Govt.) Operator Strangford Lough Ferry Service Year Completed 1974 In service (Strangford Ferry) 2009 Call sign Length overall 10.5m Capacity (max) 30 passengers Title image: MV Rachlyn in 2009. © Copyright Albert Bridge and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence Additional photographs
The 2nd of Hoverspeed’s 5 74m “Seacat” car carrying catamarans was built by International Catamarans (InCat) in Australia and launched as Hoverspeed France on April 28th 1990.  Despite being hull number 26, she was launched some months before hull 23 (Seacat Tasmania), but 3 months after hull 25 (Hoverspeed Great Britain).  All 5 of these “SeaCat” vessels where built to the same “Mark 1” design and specification, with a further 4 built afterwards for other operators to modified specifications.  4 out of the 5 original 74m long Seacat’s would operate from Belfast over the years, with the only craft never to operate from the port being that launched as Seacat Tasmania. InCat 026, in common with the other original Hoverspeed ‘SeaCat’s’ was well-travelled over the years.  While initially she operated on Hoverspeed’s own English Channel services from July 1991, she was chartered out to Sardinia Express (and renamed Sardegna Express) the following June.  However, that charter … Read more
Your guide to Stena Line’s STENA SUPERFAST X. Includes historical overview, technical data, photographs, and deck plan.
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