 W.B. Yeats during fitting out
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| History | |
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| Name | MV W.B. Yeats |
| Namesake | W. B. Yeats |
| Owner | Irish Continental Group |
| Operator | Irish Ferries |
| Port of registry | Limassol,  Cyprus |
| Route | Dublin–Cherbourg |
| Builder | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft |
| Yard number | 771 |
| Laid down | 11 September 2017 |
| Launched | 19 January 2018 |
| In service | 22 January 2019 |
| Identification |
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| Notes | [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 194.8 m (639 ft) |
| Beam | 31.6 m (104 ft) |
| Draught | 6.7 m (22 ft) |
| Installed power | 4 × MaK 8M43C (4 × 8,400 kW) |
| Speed | 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 85 |
| Notes | [1] |
MV W.B. Yeats is a RORO passenger and freight vessel in the fleet of Irish Ferries. She arrived in Dublin for the first time on 20 December 2018 and entered service in January 2019.
- ^ a b "W.B. Yeats". NIFerrySite. Retrieved 13 February 2019.