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Car Ferries of the Irish Sea 1954-2004

Category: Transport

At the Court of Inquiry into the loss of the Princess Victoria on 31 January 1953 it was declared that as the ship was, to some degree, experimental her owners should have kept a closer eye on the design and construction. Ship design has changed dramatically over the last fifty years and on the Irish Sea in 2004 we have the giant 208 metre long Ulysses, with capacity for 1875 passengers and 1342 cars and the Stena HSS ships, which are capable of more than 40 knots.

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In the pages of this book Justin Merrigan looks at the story of the Irish Sea car ferry since 1954. His research has uncovered much information and every ship is illustrated. Ro/Ro freight ships are outside the boundaries of this title, but as RoPax vessels are the modern day development of the freight vessel and passenger car ferry he has included a considerable number of these important ships, with passenger certificates in excess of 200 persons, which have appeared in these waters.

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