MS Madeleine

Madeleine arriving at Souris
History
Name
  • 1981–1993: Leinster
  • 1993–1996: Isle of Inishmore
  • 1996–1997: Isle of Inishturk
  • 1997–2021: Madeleine
Operator
Port of registry
BuilderVerolme Cork Dockyard, Cork, Ireland
Yard number979
Launched7 November 1980
Out of service2021
IdentificationIMO number7915228
FateScrapped
General characteristics (as built)[1]
Tonnage
Length122.05 m (400 ft 5 in)
Beam18.83 m (61 ft 9 in)
Draught4.99 m (16 ft 4 in)
Decks8
Installed power4 × MaK 8M551AK diesels
Propulsion2 x Controllable pitch propellers
Speed20 kn (37.04 km/h)
Capacity
  • 1500 passengers
  • 534 berths
  • 326 cars

The MS Madeleine was a car/passenger ferry owned and operated by Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien between Souris and Cap-aux-Meules. The ship was originally named Leinster and owned and operated by B&I Line. The ship later sailed with Irish Ferries as Isle of Inishturk as well as operating under the name Isle of Inishmore.

  1. ^ "M/S LEINSTER (1981)". www.faktaomfartyg.se. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2019.