Details
A detailed builder's model of the Passenger Ferry 'Lion' built 1967 by Cammell Laird (Shipbuilders and Engineers) Ltd. Birkenhead for P & O Short Sea Shipping Ltd., with signal masts and aerials and deck details including winches, bollards, lockers, deck rails, 'glazed' superstructure with bridge with open bridge over, boat deck with companionways, lifeboats in davits, life rafts, seat, aft steering position and aft loading door, finished in P & O livery and mounted on two turned brass columns -- 12½ x 44in. (31.7 x 111.7cm.). Glazed case
Lion: Official Number 307690
Principal Dimensions: Length - 365ft Speed - 20 knots
Beam - 58ft Passenger capacity - 1,200
Depth - 37ft Vehicle capacity - 160
Draft - 14ft
Sold in 1987 to Baroness M. Ferries Services Ltd, Bahamas and renamed Portfleet, believed still in service.
Lion: Official Number 307690
Principal Dimensions: Length - 365ft Speed - 20 knots
Beam - 58ft Passenger capacity - 1,200
Depth - 37ft Vehicle capacity - 160
Draft - 14ft
Sold in 1987 to Baroness M. Ferries Services Ltd, Bahamas and renamed Portfleet, believed still in service.