Wight Shipyard
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Headquarters | East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK |
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Services | Ship builder |
Website | www |
The Wight Shipyard is a shipbuilding company and shipyard based in East Cowes on the Isle of Wight in the UK, with their facilities occupying and including the historic Saunders-Roe flying boat hangar and British Hovercraft Corporation hangar. The company was originally known as Shemara Refit LLP, and was formed to undertake the refit of the historic MY Shemara. They now specialise in the construction and refit of high speed craft and aluminium ships.[1]
Ships built
[edit]Yard No. | Year | Type | Name | Tonnage | IMO Number | owner | Flag | Notes |
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1 | 2016 | 41.73 m high speed passenger ferry | Red Jet 6 | 363 GT | 9788083 | Red Funnel | British | |
2 | 2017 | 35.37 m high speed passenger ferry | Jupiter Clipper | 155 GT | N/A | Thames Clippers[2] | British | |
3 | 2017 | 35.37 m high speed passenger ferry | Mercury Clipper | 155 GT | N/A | Thames Clippers | British | |
4 | 2018 | 21 m cruise boats | Jacobite Maverick | N/A | N/A | Jacobite Loch Ness Ferries | British | Built by Aluminium Marine Consultants under subcontract at their shipyard in East Cowes |
5 | 2018 | 41.73 m high speed passenger ferry | Red Jet 7 | 363 GT | 9838321 | Red Funnel | British | |
6 | 2018 | 39 m high speed passenger ferry | Twin City Liner 3 | N/A | N/A | Central Danube Region Marketing & Development GmbH’s Twin City Liner | Austria | Wight Shipyard first export order |
7 | 2019 | 38.2 m high speed passenger ferry | Venus Clipper[3] | 172 GT | N/A | Thames Clippers | British | |
8 | 2019 | 37 m passenger ferry | Lady A | 295 GT | 9886146 | Ultramar ferries | Mexico | |
9 | 2019 | 37 m passenger ferry | Lady D | 295 GT | N/A | Ultramar ferries | Mexico | |
10 | 2019 | 9 m Hybrid Patrol Vessel | Chasewell 9m | N/A | N/A | Chartwell Marine | British | |
11 | 2020 | 34.14 m passenger ferry | I See One | 222 GT | 9881976 | Captain Morgan Holdings Ltd | Malta | |
12 | 2020 | 34.14 m passenger ferry | I See Two | 222 GT | N/A | Captain Morgan Holdings Ltd | Malta | |
13 | 2020 | 20 m passenger ferry | I See Three | 125 GT | 9881952 | Captain Morgan Holdings Ltd | Malta | |
14 | 2020 | 20 m passenger ferry | I See Four | 125 GT | 9881964 | Captain Morgan Holdings Ltd | Malta | |
15 | 2021 | 22 m Hybrid CTV | CWind Pioneer | N/A | N/A | Cwind | British | World’s first hybrid powered surface effect ship |
16 | 2022 | 27.3 m explorer yachts Arksen 85 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Arksen yachts | N/A | |
17 | 2022 | 27.3 m explorer yachts Arksen 85 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Arksen yachts | N/A | |
18 | 2022 | 38.22 m Hybrid high speed passenger ferry [4] | Earth Clipper | N/A | N/A | Thames Clippers | British | first hybrid high speed passenger ferry to be built in the UK |
19 | 2023 | 38.22 m Hybrid high speed passenger ferry | Celestial Clipper London | N/A | N/A | Thames Clippers | British | second hybrid high speed passenger ferry to be built in the UK |
20 | 2023 | 27.3 m explorer yachts Arksen 85 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Arksen yachts | N/A | |
21 | 2024 | 38.22 m Hybrid high speed passenger ferry | Mars Clipper London | N/A | N/A | Thames Clippers | British | ![]() |
Ships refitted
[edit]- Thames Clippers ferries[5]
- Sky Clipper
- Star Clipper
- Storm Clipper
- Red Funnel ferries
- MV Red Eagle[6] (In conjunction with Southampton Marine Services)[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Wight Shipyard Co". Wight Shipyard Co. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "Meet Our Fleet" (PDF). Thames Clippers. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ Clippers, MBNA Thames. "MBNA Thames Clippers names its biggest-ever vessel". www.thamesclippers.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "19104 - 38m Uber Boat".
- ^ "Shemara Refit awarded major refit program by MBNA Thames Clippers". Thames Clippers. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Major refurbishment for Red Eagle". Wight Shipyard. Wight Shipyard. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ "Southampton Marine Services moves ahead on Red Eagle refit". MarineLog.com. Marine Log. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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