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Boat Friday

This was one of three ferries that served the Lymington - Yarmouth route, my favourite of the three main sea routes to the Isle of Wight.

 

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


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. 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on the introduction of three new Wight class ferries on the Lymington to Yarmouth route, all three 'C' class ships were withdrawn from service.They were sold for scrapping and initially stored at Southampton, before being towed to Esbjerg, in Denmark.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.

 

The new Wight class ferries are huge in comparison and their wash constantly causes problems in the relatively narrow entrrance in the Lymington river. They seem souless.

Boat Friday

This was one of three ferries that served the Lymington - Yarmouth route, my favourite of the three main sea routes to the Isle of Wight.

 

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


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. 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on the introduction of three new Wight class ferries on the Lymington to Yarmouth route, all three 'C' class ships were withdrawn from service.They were sold for scrapping and initially stored at Southampton, before being towed to Esbjerg, in Denmark.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.

 

The new Wight class ferries are huge in comparison and their wash constantly causes problems in the relatively narrow entrrance in the Lymington river. They seem souless.

comments (2)

  • Ray
  • Thailand
  • 18 May 2012, 00:25
Function dominates...in that case one hopes the application is flawless!
  • vintage
  • Australia
  • 18 May 2012, 01:20
Looks like it well used

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