MV St Cecilia

Former Isle of Wight vehicle and passenger ferry

St Cecilia in Portsmouth harbour.
History
United Kingdom
NameSt Cecilia Nando Murrau
Owner
  • Sealink British Ferries (1987-1990)
  • Wightlink (1990-2019)
Operator
  • Sealink British Ferries (1987-1990)
  • Wightlink (1990-2019)
  • Delcomar (2021-Present)
Port of registryPortsmouth,  United Kingdom
BuilderCochrane Shipbuilders Ltd, Selby
Yard number135
Launched4 November 1986
In serviceMarch 1987
Identification
  • IMO number: 8518546
  • MMSI number: 235031617
  • Callsign: MFJT9
FateSold to Delcomar, Sardinia
General characteristics
Class and typeCar Passenger Ferry St Class
Tonnage2,968 GT[1]
Length77.05 metres (252.8 ft)
Beam17.2 metres (56 ft)
Draught2.48 metres (8 ft 2 in)
Installed power3x 850bhp 6-cyl MAN 6ASL25 diesel engines
Propulsion3x Voith Schneider cycloidal propellers
Speed12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Capacity
  • 771 passengers
  • 142 cars
Crew10-12

MV St Cecilia is a vehicle and passenger ferry formerly operated by Wightlink on its route from Portsmouth to Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight, the route she took throughout her life.[2]

St Cecilia was built in Yorkshire and was launched into the River Ouse. In March 1987, she began carrying passengers. In 2001 she appeared as a fictional "Norselink" ferry in a Gérard Depardieu film.[2]

Her final voyage for Wightlink was on 25 January 2019, after which she joined her two older sisterships Anna Mur and GB Conte in Sardinia.[3][4][5] She now operates linking Carloforte and Calasetta with the name Nando Murrau, operated by Delcomar.

References

  1. ^ Nick Widdows, [1998] Ferries of the British Isles & Northern Europe; Ferry Publications
  2. ^ a b "Wightlink - St Cecilia". www.wightlink.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
  3. ^ "Portsmouth says bon voyage as Wightlink's St Cecilia retires to Italy – after a million miles spent on the Solent - The News". The News (Portsmouth). 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Wightlink says goodbye to its oldest ferry, St Cecilia". Isle of Wight County Press. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  5. ^ "La Flotta". Delcomar (in Italian). Retrieved 18 August 2019.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to St. Cecilia (ship, 1987).
  • Delcomar website
  • Wightlink website