MV Hibernia (1948)

MV Hibernia was a twin screw motor vessel operated by the British Transport Commission from 1948 to 1962 and British Rail from 1962 to 1976.[2] Together with her sister ship the MV Cambria she served the Holyhead to Dún Laoghaire route across the Irish Sea.[3]

Hibernia at Dun Laoghaire, May 1974
History
Name
  • 1949-1976: Hibernia
  • 1976-1980: Express Apollon
Owner
Operator
Port of registry
Route
BuilderHarland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number1367
Launched27 April 1948
Completed1949
Maiden voyage14 April 1949
In service1949
Out of service1976
IdentificationIMO number: 5150111
FateScrapped in India, 1980
General characteristics
Tonnage4,972 gross register tons (GRT)
Length379.5 ft (115.7 m)
Beam54.2 ft (16.5 m)
Draught28 ft (8.5 m)

History
Hibernia at Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire, 1973

She was built by Harland and Wolff of Belfast, launched on 27 April 1948 for the British Transport Commission and started service in 1949. She replaced a 1920 vessel of the same name, the twin screw steamer Hibernia.

In 1951 she was fitted with Denny-Brown stabilisers. In 1964-65 they were refurbished with airline style seating. Some cabins and staterooms were removed and replaced with second-class lounges, and a cafeteria. The screened areas were extended to provide further covered seating, and the first and second class smokerooms were converted into a tea lounge.[4]

She was sold in 1976 to the Agapitos Brothers in Greece and became the Express Apollon but never traded in Greece. She remained laid-up at Salamina, and was sold to Indian breakers in 1980. She arrived in Darukhana, India in 1980 for scrapping by Ankom Solid Steel Traders, and had been demolished by 1981.

References
  1. "MENAI STRAITS, BRITANNIA BRIDGE - HC Deb vol 804 cc1023-39". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 24 July 1970. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. Railway and Other Steamers, Duckworth. 1962
  3. "Chronological list of Ships operating on the Holyhead to Ireland Route". Archived from the original on 27 July 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. Merrigan, Justin P.; Collard, Ian H (November 2010). Holyhead to Ireland: Stena and Its Welsh Heritage. Amberley Publishing (published 15 November 2010). ISBN 978-1848689589.
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