| Name: | DOVER |
| Type: | Ro-Ro Ferry |
| Launched: | 17/03/1965 |
| Completed: | 06/1965 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 2013 |
| Dimensions: | 3602grt, 1217nrt, 820dwt, 346.5 x 57.1 x 34.5ft |
| Engines: | 4 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 12000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 19.5knots |
| Reg Number: | 307813 |
| History: | |
| 06/1965 | British Railways Board, London |
| 1977 | Renamed EARL SIWARD |
| 1979 | Sealink (UK) Ltd, London |
| 1982 | Sol Ferries Ltd, Limassol; renamed SOL EXPRESS |
| 1986 | Chanson Shipping Co Ltd, Limassol |
| 1993 | Cinderella's Rockerfella's; renamed TUXEDO ROYALE |
| 11/01/2018 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Capacity for 1000 x passengers & 200 x cars, access by stern door |
| 1977: Re-built at Aalborg Vaerft as a drive through with a bow door added | |
| 1983: Suffered turbine failure & laid up at Limassol | |
| 1986: Converted to a casino & night club based at Gatehead on the Tyne | |
| Subsequently transferred to Middlesbrough | |
| 04/2011: Sank alongside in Tees Dock, Middlesbrough | |
| 11/01/2018: Breaking up commenced by Able UK |
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