SS Holyhead Ferry I

Holyhead Ferry I in Holyhead
History
Name	1965–1976: Holyhead Ferry I 1976–1981: Earl Leofric
Operator	1965–1981: British Railways
Port of registry
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn
Yard number	757
Launched	17 February 1965
Out of service	1981
Identification	IMO number: 6508470
Fate	Scrapped 1981
General characteristics
Tonnage	3,879 gross register tons (GRT)
Length	369 feet (112 m)
Beam	57.2 feet (17.4 m)
Draught	12.8 feet (3.9 m)
Installed power	12,000 shp
Speed	19.5 knots
Capacity	1,000 passengers, 150 cars

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

History

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

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.