| Name: | VORTIGERN |
| Type: | Passenger Rail Ferry RoRo |
| Launched: | 05/03/1969 |
| Completed: | 07/1969 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard |
| Yard Number: | 10 |
| Dimensions: | 4371grt, 1595nrt, 354.0 x 61.0 x 37.8ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Vee oil engines, 16PC2V-400, 4 x 4cyl (400 x 460mm), 14360bhp |
| Engines by: | Crossley Premier Engines Ltd, Manchester |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 19.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 337888 |
| History: | |
| 07/1969 | British Railways Board, Southern Region, London |
| 1979 | Sealink (UK) Ltd, London |
| 1988 | Lindos Shipping SA, Piraeus, Greece; renamed MILOS EXPRESS |
| 2000 | Hellas Flying Dolphins Maritime SA, Piraeus; renamed EXPRESS MILOS |
| 2003 | Mare NE, Piraeus; renamed NISOS LEMNOS |
| 2005 | Renamed LIMON |
| 28/01/2005 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1000 x passengers, 250 x cars, 4 x rail tracks |
| Used on the Dover to Boulogne/Dunkerque routes | |
| 28/01/2005: Broken up at Alang, India |
Above photo as VORTIGERN is courtesy of Roy Thornton
Above photo as VORTIGERN is copyright of Bob Scott
Above photo as VORTIGERN is courtesy of John Bage. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as VORTIGERN is copyright of Tony Garner
Above photo as VORTIGERN is copyright of Ken Lubi
Above photo as MILOS EXPRESS is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as NISOS LEMNOS is copyright of Antonis Lazaris
Above photo as LIMON is copyright of Zahan