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Name: SCILLONIAN (probably)
Type: Passenger Ferry
Launched: n/a
Completed: n/a
Builder: Ryton Marine Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
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Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1974 Isles of Scilly Steamship Company, Penzance
Not completed
Comments: 1973: £750,000 had already been paid for the ferry before the liquidation of Ryton Marine,
Steel which had already been purchased for the contract was used in the
repair of Scilly Steamship's existing ferry at Falmouth.


Above artist's impression is copyright of the Wallsend News, courtesy of John Dobson