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 in Portsmouth harbour.
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | St Cecilia Nando Murrau |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | Portsmouth,  United Kingdom |
| Builder | Cochrane Shipbuilders Ltd, Selby |
| Yard number | 135 |
| Launched | 4 November 1986 |
| In service | March 1987 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold to Delcomar, Sardinia |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Car Passenger Ferry St Class |
| Tonnage | 2,968 GT[1] |
| Length | 77.05 metres (252.8 ft) |
| Beam | 17.2 metres (56 ft) |
| Draught | 2.48 metres (8 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power | 3x 850bhp 6-cyl MAN 6ASL25 diesel engines |
| Propulsion | 3x Voith Schneider cycloidal propellers |
| Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 10-12 |
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 edit
- ^ Nick Widdows, [1998] Ferries of the British Isles & Northern Europe; Ferry Publications
- ^ a b "Wightlink - St Cecilia". www.wightlink.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Wightlink says goodbye to its oldest ferry, St Cecilia". Isle of Wight County Press. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ "La Flotta". Delcomar (in Italian). Retrieved 18 August 2019.
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