| Name: | GAELIC FERRY |
| Type: | Ro-Ro Ferry |
| Launched: | 03/10/1963 |
| Completed: | 01/1964 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 2001 |
| Dimensions: | 2756grt, 887nrt, 1701dwt, 364.9 x 56.1 x 13.6ft; (1973: 3316grt, 440.3ft) |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 2SA, 10cyl (360 x 600mm), 5200bhp |
| Engines by: | Sulzer Brothers, Winterthur |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 16.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 305887 |
| History: | |
| 01/1964 | Atlantic Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
| 1987 | P&O European Ferries Group, London |
| 1988 | Universal Range Shipping Co Ltd, St Vincent |
| 23/02/1988 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Built for the Felixstowe to Rotterdam service |
| Designed to carry 140 tons of trailers & also containers on the lower deck | |
| 1971: ASN operations were combined with Townsend-Thoresen | |
| 1973: Lengthened at Swan Hunter by 23.0metres, then 3316grt | |
| 23/02/1988: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up by Chi Shun Hua Steel Co |
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