MV St Cecilia is a vehicle and passenger ferry formerly operated by Wightlink on its route from Portsmouth to Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight, the route she took throughout her life.[2]

St Cecilia in Portsmouth harbour.
History
United Kingdom
NameSt Cecilia Nando Murrau
Owner
Operator
Port of registryPortsmouth,  United Kingdom
BuilderCochrane Shipbuilders Ltd, Selby
Yard number135
Launched4 November 1986
In serviceMarch 1987
Identification
FateSold to Delcomar, Sardinia
General characteristics
Class and typeCar Passenger Ferry St Class
Tonnage2,968 GT[1]
Length77.05 metres (252.8 ft)
Beam17.2 metres (56 ft)
Draught2.48 metres (8 ft 2 in)
Installed power3x 850bhp 6-cyl MAN 6ASL25 diesel engines
Propulsion3x Voith Schneider cycloidal propellers
Speed12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Capacity
  • 771 passengers
  • 142 cars
Crew10-12

St Cecilia was built in Yorkshire and was launched into the River Ouse. In March 1987, she began carrying passengers. In 2001 she appeared as a fictional "Norselink" ferry in a Gérard Depardieu film.[2]

Her final voyage for Wightlink was on 25 January 2019, after which she joined her two older sisterships Anna Mur and GB Conte in Sardinia.[3][4][5] She now operates linking Carloforte and Calasetta with the name Nando Murrau, operated by Delcomar.

References

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  1. ^ Nick Widdows, [1998] Ferries of the British Isles & Northern Europe; Ferry Publications
  2. ^ a b "Wightlink - St Cecilia". www.wightlink.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
  3. ^ "Portsmouth says bon voyage as Wightlink's St Cecilia retires to Italy – after a million miles spent on the Solent - The News". The News (Portsmouth). 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Wightlink says goodbye to its oldest ferry, St Cecilia". Isle of Wight County Press. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  5. ^ "La Flotta". Delcomar (in Italian). Retrieved 18 August 2019.
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