Antrim Princess 1967

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Name:	ANTRIM PRINCESS
Type:	Passenger Vehicle Ro/Ro Ferry
Launched:	26/04/1967
Completed:	12/1967
Builder:	Hawthorn, Leslie (Ship Builders) Ltd
Yard:	Hebburn
Yard Number:	765
Dimensions:	865dwt, 3270grt, 1309nrt, 369.6 x 57.1 x 12.0ft
Engines:	2 x Oil engines, 4SA, Crossley Pielstick type, 16cyl (400 x 460mm), 14360bhp
Engines by:	Ateliers & Chantiers de Nantes (Bretagne-Loire), Nantes
Propulsion:	2 x Screws, 19.5knots
Construction:	Steel
Reg Number:	168903
History:
30/11/1967	British Railways Board, Stranraer
1979	Sealink (UK) Ltd, Stranraer
1986	Renamed TYNWALD, registered Douglas IoM
1990	Agostino Lauro SrL , Naples; renamed LAURO EXPRESS
1996	Linee Lauro SrL, Naples
2003	Medmar International SrL, Naples; renamed GIUSEPPE D’ABUNDO
2006	Taymouth Ltd, Kingstown, St Vincent & Grenadines; renamed STELLA
19/01/2007	Broken up

Comments:	The first British Rail ferry with a bow door & therefore their first "roll on roll off" ferry
	Capacity for 1200 x passengers & 170 x cars or 50 x large commercial vehicles
	Cabin accommodation for 60 x passengers
	Intended for the Stranraer to Larne service
	1984: On charter to Isle of Man Steam Packet Co Ltd
	02/1990: Returned to Sealink and laid up awaiting sale
	19/01/2007: Broken up at Alang