2 x 4-stroke 6-cylinder W.H.Allen 6S30B oil engines, 200 bhp each at 530 rpm[1]
Propulsion
2 Voith Schneider propellers fore & aft
Speed
11 knots
Capacity
516 passengers and 17 cars[2]
MV Lymington is a former ro-ro ferry, built in 1938 to serve the Isle of Wight. She is Britain's earliest example of a Voith Schneider driven ferry. Renamed MV Sound of Sanda in 1974, she served Western Ferries on the Upper Clyde until 1993.
^ ab"MV Lymington". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^"Chronological history of Wightlink's services". Wightlink. Archived from the original on 23 September 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
MVLymington is a former ro-ro ferry, built in 1938 to serve the Isle of Wight. She is Britain's earliest example of a Voith Schneider driven ferry. Renamed...
Isle of Wight in the south of England. It operates car ferries between Lymington and Yarmouth, and Portsmouth and Fishbourne and a fast passenger-only...
Voith Schneider propellers was the double-ended Isle of Wight ferry MVLymington, launched in 1938. Some 80 ships had been installed with VSPs by the...
MV Cenwulf was one of Wightlink's 'C' class vehicle and passenger ferries on their route from Lymington to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight. Cenwulf was...
transferring to Wightlink's route from Lymington to Yarmouth. After 37 years of service, she was broken up in 2010. MV Caedmon was built in 1973 for Sealink...
now planned to be dismantled. MV The Second Snark (1938); a former Denny-owned tug and tender on the Clyde MVLymington (1938); an Isle of Wight ferry...
their Western Solent Lymington-Yarmouth ferry service and the need to find a replacement for their oldest vessel in their fleet, MV St Helen. It was decided...
Lymington in March/April 2009 and entered service with Wightlink in spring 2009. Wight Sun joined the Wight-class fleet on the Yarmouth and Lymington...
MV Wight Sky is a new design of roll-on/roll-off car and passenger ferry operating on Wightlink's Lymington to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight route. Wight Sky...
MV Cenred was one of Wightlink's 'C' class vehicle and passenger ferries on their route from Lymington to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight. Cenred was built...
developed rapidly and in August 1974, the former Isle of Wight ferry, MVLymington joined the service as Sound of Sanda. This crossing was much shorter...
MV Cuthred was an Isle of Wight roll-on/roll-off ferry built in 1969. From 1990 until 2009, she operated as Mira Praia in Portugal. MV Cuthred was built...
Scalpay and a second Sound of Sanda. The earlier Sound of Sanda, as MVLymington, had previously been an Isle of Wight ferry. Sound of Sanda entered service...
the first steam connection between Lymington and Yarmouth was by the Glasgow in March 1830, operated by Lymington owners and continuing also to Cowes...
service in 1969. 1938 MVLymington Yard Number 1322. Isle of Wight ferry which as MV Sound of Sanda became a Clyde ferry in 1974 1938 MV The Second Snark 50...
Clydelink. To operate the route, Clydelink bought the smaller MV Island Princess from Lymington, which had been a harbour excursion vessel, and commenced...
MV St Catherine is a Roll-on/roll-off car and passenger ferry. She served the Wightlink crossing from Portsmouth to Fishbourne, Isle of Wight from 1983...
(renamed Aldershot in 1933) Caesaria Cherbourg Hantonia Laura Lorina Lymington Normannia Princess Ena Ulrica Vera Ex LB&SC and L&SWR joint ships PS Duchess...
whose services operate from Portsmouth to Fishbourne and Ryde, and from Lymington to Yarmouth. The other major Solent ferry company, Hovertravel, operates...
Winchester (1689–1710 and 1715-death), Lymington (1710–15) Son of 1st Duke of Bolton, hence 'Lord'; Mayor of Lymington 1701–03, 1724, 1728; Recorder of Grimsby...
OCLC 1052348563. "Great Central Railway". Simplon Postcards. Retrieved 28 March 2011. "Mv Ailsa Princess". Dover Ferry Photos. Archived from the original on 10 August...
under the pressure of high excise taxes. In 1724 Daniel Defoe wrote of Lymington, Hampshire, on the south coast of England I do not find they have any...
(renamed Aldershot in 1933) Caesaria Cherbourg Hantonia Laura Lorina Lymington Normannia Princess Ena Ulrica Vera Ex LB&SC and L&SWR joint ships PS Duchess...
along the Menai Strait, by ferry on the Mersey Ferry, and by the steamboat MV Tern across Windermere. In unpowered watercraft, it was punted along the River...
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