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Shanklin in Portsmouth Harbour
History
United Kingdom
Name
  • 1951-1980: TSMV Shanklin
  • 1980-1981: TSMV Prince Ivanhoe
Operator
  • British Railways
  • Sealink
  • Firth of Clyde Steam Packet Company
BuilderWilliam Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number1452
Launched22 February 1951 by Mrs V. M Barrington-Ward
In service18 June 1951
Out of service3 August 1981
IdentificationIMO number: 5321772[1]
FateSunk
General characteristics
Class and typeTwin Screw Motor Vessel Passenger Ferry
Tonnage965
Length200 feet (61 m)
Beam46 feet (14 m)
Draught7 feet (2.1 m)
Propulsion2 x Sulzer 8 MD 32 two-stroke 950 bhp diesel engines
Speed14.4 knots
Capacity1377 (summer) 1151 (winter)
Crew33

TSMV Shanklin was a passenger ferry that operated between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight between 1951 and 1980.[2] Renamed Prince Ivanhoe she went on to become a pleasure cruiser in the Bristol Channel but in 1981 sank off the Welsh coast on her first season.[3]

  1. ^ "Miramar Ship Index – IMO 5321772". 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  2. ^ "M/S SHANKLIN". Retrieved 25 August 2009.
  3. ^ Brown, Alan (1985). Shanklin Ill Fated Prince. Troon: Waverly Excursions Ltd. ISBN 0-9505177-1-2.

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