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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
COWAL
185005
GBR
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1954
20/01/1954
Vessel type
Vessel description
Ferry Passenger-Vehicle
Steel Motor Vessel
Builder
Yard
Yard no
Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon
480
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
568 grt / 149 nrt /
185.10 ft
36.6 ft
7.6 ft
Engine builder
British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow
Engine detail
2 - Screw. 2xOil engines 2S.A.6Cyl. 15.5knots
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
Caledonian Steam Packet Co.
Glasgow
Other names
MEDITERRANEAN STAR
Subsequent owner and registration history
1979 to Greece but later bu.
Vessel history
ABC Car Ferry.
Remarks
650 Passengers.
End year
Fate / Status
1979
Broken Up
Disposal Detail
in Greenock
Image courtesy of : Colin Campbell
in Service
Image courtesy of : Dennis Maccoy
Leaving Gourock 1967
Image courtesy of : L M Smith
in Greenock
Image courtesy of : Dennis Maccoy
COWAL Gourock 01/08/1976
Image courtesy of : Bob Scott
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