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Launched 1950: de ROYAL IRIS
de ROYAL IRIS
de ROYAL IRIS
de ROYAL IRIS
built by William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton,
Yard No 1448
Engines by Ruston&Hornsby Metro Vickers Elec
Port of Registry: Liverpool
Propulsion: 4 oil 4SA each 6cy driving 4 genr each 300kw 300v dcconnected to 2 elec motors each 730shp and 2shafts 12 knots
Launched: Friday, 08/12/1950
Built: 1950
Ship Type: Passenger Ferry
Tonnage: 1234 grt
Length: 159 feet
Breadth: 48 feet 1
Draught: 9 feet
Owner History:
Wallasey Corporation
Status: Active - Laid up

Remarks: former Mersey ferry now on the Thames
Previous update by Stuart Cameron
Previous update by Colin Campbell
Photo supplied by G Robinson

Last updated: by Bruce Biddulph from the original records by Stuart Cameron

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