MV Norris Castle car ferry, Red Funnel ferries, Southampton, England, UK. 1987
Red Funnel Steamers ferry employed between Southampton and Cowes, Isle of Wight. The Norris Castle was a modernized version of her namesake and principally used for commercial vehicles in her early life. Like the Cowes Castle, she was later converted to a roll-on roll-off ferry and mezzanine decks were fitted. In gale force winds in 1981 when turning in the River Medina she was blown on to the Cowes floating bridge but there was no real damage done to either vessel. On the arrival of Red Osprey in 1994 she, like her sister was sold to Jadrolinija for service in Croatia.
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Location: Southampton, UK
Photo credit: © parkerphotography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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