Irish Ships and Shipping
Isle of Innisfree 1995-2000
On January 27th 1995 the
new £46 million Isle of Innisfree, was launched at the Rotterdam yard of
shipbuilders Van der Giessen-de Noord. The new 23,000 tonnes vessel is the
largest capacity multi-purpose passenger/ro-ro ferry operating between Ireland
and the UK with capacity for 600 passenger cars/ 108 accompanied freight trucks
(or 142 trailers/coaches) and a passenger/crew complement of 1,760 persons.
In size, the new vessel has an overall length of 600 feet (181.6 m), 80 feet
(23.4 m) wide 124 feet (37.8 m) high from keel to mast head. The naming ceremony
was performed by Mrs. Clodagh Rothwell, wife of Irish Continental Group Managing
Director Mr. Eamonn Rothwell.
click on thumbnails to see full picture:
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Photos from Charles Geary. (Dec. 2011) |
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Raising tricolour on takeover of Innisfree in Holland. |
tom o toole, Ann Riley, Jim Davitt, takeover of innisfree | Gordon Moore, tom Redmond, Donal
Davis, Charles Geary, visit to sulzer plant in Paris |
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