MS Norcape

MS Norcape was a ro-ro freight vessel built for the British ferry company P&O Ferries. She was built in 1979 by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Japan as Puma. Later that year, she was renamed Tipperary and began service with B&I Line, operating between Liverpool and Dublin.[2] After 10 years she was transferred to P&O North Sea Ferries and renamed as Norcape. She was laid up in Liverpool in 2010 before going to refit and transferring to the Larne Troon route. She was sold for scrap following a grounding in Troon and cut up in Aliağa, Turkey.[3]

"Norcape" sailing from Dublin 17-5-10
History
Name
  • Puma (1979)
  • Tipperary (1979 - 1989)
  • Norcape (1989 Onwards)
Owner
  • P&O Ferries (1979 - 1989)
  • Norcape Shipping BV (1989 Onwards)
Operator
  • B&I Line (1979 - 1989)
  • North Sea Ferries (1989 - 1996)
  • P&O North Sea Ferries (1996 - 2002)
  • P&O Ferries (2002 - 2008)
  • P&O Irish Sea (2008)
  • P&O Ferries (2008 - 2010)
  • P&O Irish Sea (2010)
  • P&O Ferries (2010 - 2011)
Port of registryNassau, Bahamas
RouteLiverpool to Dublin
BuilderMitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Tamano, Japan
Yard number1164
Launched20 April 1979
Identification
FateSold for scrapping 2011
General characteristics
Tonnage14,087 GT
Length150.02 metres (492.2 ft)
Beam20.73 metres (68.0 ft)
Draft5.1 metres (17 ft)
Installed power2x Mitsui 12V42M
Speed19.4 knots (22.3 mph)
Capacity1,500 lanemetres; 12 berths

Footnotes
  1. "Norcape". Marine Traffic. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  2. "M/F Norcape". The ferry site. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  3. "Former B+I Line Freight Ferry Bound for Turkish Breakers". Afloat. Retrieved 2012-10-06.


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