| Name: | CAMBRIDGE FERRY |
| Type: | Train Ferry |
| Launched: | 01/11/1963 |
| Completed: | 12/1963 |
| Builder: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Ship Builders) Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 754 |
| Dimensions: | 1825dwt, 3294grt, 1111nrt, 403.0 x 61.4 x 12.1ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 4SA, 7cyl (15 x 20ins), 3720bhp |
| Engines by: | Mirrlees National Ltd, Stockport |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 13.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 305493 |
| History: | |
| 12/1963 | British Railways Board, Harwich |
| 1979 | Sealink (UK) Ltd, Harwich |
| 1992 | Sincomar Malta Ltd, Valletta; renamed ITA UNO |
| 1993 | Renamed SIRIO |
| 1998 | Registered in Panama |
| 23/05/2003 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 100 x passengers, 35 x rail waggons/200 cars |
| Fitted with a Flume stabilisation system & controllable pitch propellers | |
| 02/01/1964: Commenced service as a train ferry between Harwich & Zeebrugge | |
| 23/05/2003: Broken up at Aliaga by Huzur GS |
Above: A stern unit is lowered into position. Photo is courtesy of the Roy Thornton collection
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