British Railways - Sealink
 
Page 1: Stranraer-Larne Services
 
 
This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Stranraer-Larne Services of British Railways, which was formed in 1948 with the ships from former LMS, LNER, SR and GWR fleets. British Railways was rebranded British Rail in 1965, and new corporate colours and logo were introduced. In 1968, an Act of Parliament separated the shipping interests of British Rail into a new division, for which the marketing name Sealink was adopted in 1970. In 1979, the ownership of of vessels was transferred to Sealink UK Ltd, in preparation for the privatisation of the railway fleet. In 1984, Sealink was acquired by Sea Containers Ltd, becoming Sealink British Ferries. After a lengthy battle, Stena Line completed a hostile takeover of Sealink in 1990, the company then being known as Sealink Stena Line until later absorption into the Stena Fleet.
 
An alphabetical list of ships shown on this page is shown below. The Table beneath gives links to complete history pages on selected individual ships. Below the table is a Fleet List in chronological order.
 
This page is still under construction!
 
 
Ships on This Page:-
Ailsa Princess - BR/Sealink: 1970-1990
Antrim Princess - CSP/BR/Sealink: 1967-1990
Caledonian Princess - CSP/Sealink: 1961-1982
St David - Sealink: 1980-1990
 
British Railways Pages:-
British Railway Steamers - BR/Sealink Header Page
British Railways/Sealink - Page 1 - Stranraer Services
British Railways/Sealink - Page 2 - Heysham Services
British Railways/Sealink - Page 3 - Holyhead Services
British Railways/Sealink - Page 4 - Fishguard Services
 
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Table of Ship Histories

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 Earl Granville  Viking 4, Express Olympia

 1973
 
 
 
 
 
British Railways - Sealink
 
Page 1: Stranraer-Larne Services
 
 
Caledonian Princess
(CSP/Sealink: 1961-1982)
 
Postcard of Caledonian Princess.
Publisher: J.Arthur Dixon
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Postcard of Caledonian Princess.
Detail from the card above.
Publisher: J.Arthur Dixon
 
Sealink postcard of Caledonian Princess.
Publisher: J.Arthur Dixon
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Antrim Princess
(CSP/BR/Sealink: 1967-1990)
 
Postcard of Antrim Princess.
Publisher: J.Arthur Dixon
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Postcard of Antrim Princess.
Detail from the card above.
Publisher: J.Arthur Dixon
 
Sealink postcard of Antrim Princess.
Publisher: J.Arthur Dixon
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Ailsa Princess
(BR/Sealink: 1970-1990)
 
Sealink postcard of Ailsa Princess.
Publisher: J.Arthur Dixon
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Sealink postcard of Ailsa Princess.
Publisher: J.Arthur Dixon
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St David
(Sealink: 1980-1990)
 
St David was built by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast, in 1981, entering service between Holyhead and Dun Laoghaire. She backed up the St Columba in busy periods, and was available for relief work at other times. In 1983 she spent 3 months on Dover-Calais, and also visited Stranraer-Larne. In 1984 Sealink ownership passed to Sea Containers, with St David running for Sealink British Ferries under the same name. In 1985, St David ran on Dover-Oostende services - Oostende services finished in December 1985. From 1986, she spent most of her time on Stranraer-Larne services, and passed to Sealink Stena Line in 1990. St David was renamed Stena Caledonia the following year. From 1995, the Irish terminal moved to Belfast, reverting to Larne in 2005.
 
 
Sealink postcard of St David.
Publisher: J.Arthur Dixon
 
 
 
 
 
 
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