Roy Thornton Collection Steel twin screw motor vessel, built in 1965 by Ateliers et Chantiers de la Seine-Maritime, LeTrait, France (Yard No. 172), for Stena Ab, Göteborg as a passenger and vehicle ferry. Launched May 3rd, 1965.
 Technical Data
Registry - Gothenburg (1965 - 1969) Charlottetown, Canada (1969 - 1999) Honduras (1999 - ) IMO Number - 6516532 Length on deck - 78.5m (282.3 ft) (overall), (236.3 ft) (between perpendiculars) Breadth of hull - 16m (54.6 ft) (extreme), 53.2 ft (moulded) Depth - 33.2 ft Draught - 3.6m (12.8 ft) Tonnage - 4,245 gross (1969 - 1999), 2,690 2,482 net (1969 - 1999), 1,270 640 deadweight Engines - Two 12-cylinder Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz diesel Power - 6,000 hk Speed - 17 knots Capacity - 1,000 passengers,129 cars (140 max) Call Sign - VYSM ( Lucy Maud Montgomery)
History September 14th 1964: Keel laid. May 3rd 1965: Launched. June 19th 1965: Delivered to Stena Ab, Göteborg. June 24th 1965: Commenced service between Gothenburg/Stenpiren - Frederikshavn. With her arrival the emphasis was shifted from more purchasing-oriented trips to Skagen over to rapid and comfortable passenger and car transport. December 2nd 1967 - April 1968: Chartered to Townsend Car Ferries. Operated between Dover - Zeebrugge.
Roy Thornton Collection
March 17th - March 20th 1968: Deputised for the FREE ENTERPRISE I between Dover - Calais
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March 1969: Sold to Canadian National Railway Co, Ottawa, Canada. June 1969: Renamed LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY. Commenced services between Cape Tormentine - Port Borden. 1971: Commenced services between North Sydney - Port aux Basques. 1975: Chartered to Cooperative de Transport et Aeriens (C.T.M.A.), Canada. Commenced services between Magdalen Islands - Souris, Prince Edward Island. 1977: Taken over by the Ministry of Transport, Ottawa, Canada. Re-classed as 300 passengers and 90 cars. May 15th 1998: Laid up in Sydney (Nova Scotia). Renamed HULL 209. March 1999: Sold to Robbie Shipping & Port Service Inc, San Lorenzo, Honduras. Renamed LADY CARIBE I. 1999: Supposed plans to convert her into a floating casino in Key West did not materialise. 1999: Laid up in Key West April 2004: Chartered to an unknown company in the Dominican Republic. October 23rd 2005: This ship is not currently active. She is tied up to a wharf in Florida and hasn't sailed since 1999 since arriving from Canada. Her new owners haven't used her yet
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