Ship: LION
| Port of Registry: | Glasgow |
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| Net Tonnage: | 1024 |
| Reg Tonnage: | - |
| Gross Tonnage: | 3333 |
| Deadweight Tonnage: | 932 |
Ferry service for passengers and cars between Ardrossan and Belfast.
She was a passenger and roll on/roll off ferry, built in 1967 at Cammel Laird, Birkenhead, England.
Length 364 feet (111.1 metres), beam 58 feet (17.8 metres), and her diesel engine drove two propellers to give a service speed of 20 knots.
Sold 1985 and renamed Baroness M,
1987 and renamed Portelet,
1988 and renamed Baroness M,
2003 and renamed Adinda Lestari 101
and she was broken up in Chittagong (Bangladesh) in March 2004.
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Lion ; Burns & Laird advert for 1968, as published in the "Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated 10th May 1968 |
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Lion |
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Lion |
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Lion, port bow view |
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Lion, portside view |
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Captain Douglas A. McCormick, retiring master of "Lion" |
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Lion : open day for visitors before entering service. |