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British Railways operated a number of ships from its formation in 1948 on a variety of routes. Many ships were acquired on nationalisation, and others were built for operation by British Railways or its later subsidiary, Sealink .
The livery from 1984 to 1995 was a distinctive blue-on-white. Previously, the British Rail double arrow logo had been used, with a BR corporate monastral blue hull, white upperworks and black-topped red funnel. A reversed version of the BR symbol was used on one side of Sealink ship's funnels and flags. [6]
Ships that sailed for British Rail from 1948 to 1997. for the rail company predecessors before 1948 see sub categories of Category:Ships by company some were operated by the British Transport Commission up to 1962 (when the BTC was abolished) from 1982 many were operated by Sealink (BR subsidiary)
The ships all received a major overhaul in 1967 with an extra passenger deck, as a continuation of the bridge deck, and improved seating and catering facilities. [ 2 ] Brading and Southsea outlasted their newer sister on the Portsmouth to Ryde run, being replaced in 1986 by new catamaran -type ferries, Our Lady Pamela and Our Lady Patricia .
The British Rail Class 99 were a fleet of train ferries, most of which were owned by Sealink, that carried rail vehicles between Britain and mainland Europe. When British Rail implemented the TOPS system for managing their operating stock, these ships were incorporated into the system in order to circumvent some of the restrictions of the ...
Along with her sister ships the TSS Duke of Rothesay and the TSS Duke of Argyll, she was amongst the last passenger-only steamers built for British Railways (at that time, also a ferry operator). [2] She was a replacement for the 1928 steamer, Duke of Lancaster , built by the London Midland and Scottish Railway .
Sea Nymph: 1845 Acquired in 1859 from the Chester and Holyhead Railway. [1] Severn: 1869 Purchased in 1880. Sold in 1897 to Thos. W. Ward. [1] Scotia: 1847 179 Acquired in 1859 from the Chester and Holyhead Railway. In service until 1861. Used as a blockade runner by the Confederate States of America. Captured in 1862 by the Union and renamed ...
The vessel was towed to sea on 26 January 1982 and sunk by the French Navy. [29] MV Harrogate: 1958: 963 A sister of Darlington. In 1965 on closure of the Goole-Rotterdam service she was switched to the Holyhead base of the London Midland region and ownership transferred to the British Railways Board.