MV Caedmon |
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| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MV Caedmon |
| Operator: | Wightlink |
| Builder: | Robb Caledon Shipbuilders, Dundee |
| Yard number: | 560[1] |
| Launched: | 3 May 1973[1] |
| Completed: | July 1973 |
| In service: | 1973 |
| Out of service: | 2009 |
| Identification: | Callsign: GTHY |
| Fate: | Scrapped May 2010 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Car Passenger Ferry |
| Tonnage: | 764 GRT 175 DWT[1] |
| Length: | 58.00 m (190.3 ft) |
| Beam: | 15.7 m (51.5 ft) |
| Draught: | 2.28 m (7.5 ft) |
| Speed: | 10.0 knots |
| Capacity: | 512 passengers 58 cars |
MV Caedmon was an Isle of Wight 'C' class ro-ro vehicle and passenger ferry. She operated for ten years on the Portsmouth to Fishbourne route before transferring to Wightlink's route from Lymington to Yarmouth. After 37 years of service, she was broken up in 2010.
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MV Caedmon was built in 1973 for Sealink by Robb Caledon Shipbuilders Ltd in Dundee, Scotland. The ship was named 'Caedmon' after the Anglo-Saxon poet Cædmon.[4]
Caedmon served on the Portsmouth to Fishbourne route, for the first ten years of her life. For several weeks in 1979, she operated as a single-ended vessel after her prow was washed away during a storm.[5]
In 1983, on the arrival of the Saint class vessels, Caedmon transferred to the Lymington - Yarmouth route, where she joined her two sister ships, MV Cenwulf and MV Cenred.[4] All three passed to Wightlink after the privatisation of Sealink in 1984.
In 2008-09, on the introduction of three new Wight class ferries on the Lymington to Yarmouth route, all three 'C' class ships were withdrawn from service.[6] They were sold for scrapping and initially stored at Southampton, before being towed to Esbjerg, in Denmark. Cenred,Caedmon and then Cenwulf were dismantled at Smedegaarden in May 2010.[1]
Facilities on board included a lounge with cafe/bar facilities, toilets and open decks. The car deck had a ramp fore and aft, allowing full ro-ro operation. The under car deck passenger accommodation cabins on all three boats, was not used for the last 20 years.
Twin engines powered Voith Schneider propellers.