The ferry ST HELEN Ship No 535 turning on her own length as she had Fore and Aft props
seen in this photograph by Tim Webb and shown on shipsnostalgia website first)
The final ship built and launched at
the Leith Shipyards of Henry Robb in September 1983 and handed over 6 months
later just before the shipyard was to close its gates for the last time, is
about to reach the end of her career working in the South of England as we here
that she is to be retired in a couple of weeks time bringing an end to a
working life as a ferry used by many on her trips across the Solent.
At the time of writing we don’t know
what her eventual fate will be, will she be scrapped or can a buyer be found
for her just as her sister ship the ST CATHERINE has found a new lease of life
working in the sunshine as a ferry out of Corsica/Sardinia.
Should further news about the ST
HELEN be known we hope to bring you the news here first on the Blog and you can
of course find out more about the last ship built in Leith on the website?
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