MV Snowdrop arriving at the Pier Head
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History | |
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Port of registry | 1959 onwards: Liverpool, United Kingdom |
Ordered | November 1957 |
Builder | Philip and Son, Dartmouth |
Yard number | 1305 |
Launched | October 1959 |
Christened | October 1959 |
Maiden voyage | Delivery voyage to the River Mersey from Dartmouth, 1960. |
In service | 1960 - present |
Out of service | 1980 – 1983 |
Identification | IMO number: 8633724 |
Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | IV with seasonal III |
Tonnage | 617 GT |
Length | 46.32 m (152 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 12.2 m (40 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 2.46 m (8 ft 1 in) |
Decks | 4 - bridge deck, promenade deck, main deck & lower deck/machine space |
Installed power | 2 × Wärtsilä diesel engines |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Crew | 6 – captain, mate, engineer, deck hands x 2 and catering assistant |
The MV Snowdrop is a Mersey Ferry in operation on the River Mersey, England. From launch until a major refit in 2003, she was named MV Woodchurch.