Irish Ferries- Isle of Inishmore- Pembroke Dock

Irish Ferry departing Pembroke Dock.

The M/V Isle of Inishmore is a roll on roll off passenger ferry currently owned and operated by Irish Ferries and is currently used on the Pembroke — Rosslare, route. It entered service on 4th of October 1996 and was then one of Europe's largest car ferries.
Built: 1995-1996
Launched: 4 October 1996

Retired: In service
General characteristics
Displacement:
34,031 tonnes
Length: 182.5 metres
Draft:
5.8 metres
Height: N/A
Power: Total output 24,000 kW

Propulsion: 4 Sulzer 8ZAL40S main engines
Speed: 21.5 knots

Complement: 2,200 passengers, 186 total berth
Cost: €80 million (£55,500,000)

Being 182.5 metres long and having a gross tonnage of 34,031 tons (96,365 m³), the Isle of Inishmore is capable of carrying 2,200 passengers and has space for 802 cars on the lower decks. The crew can number up to approximately 100, although it is not usual for such a large number to be needed. The bulk of the crew at peak times is made up of the catering staff who attend to the needs of the passengers. The balance of the crew is made up of Deck and Engine departments who are responsible for the operation and maintenance of the vessel. The ship has proved to be popular with lorry drivers and tourists alike.
Propulsion is provided by four Sulzer 8 cylinder ZA40S medium speed 4stroke diesel engines, developing 6000kW each. Each Engine burns 2.5 tons/hour of heavy fuel oil at service speed. The main engines are geared onto two shafts which drive controlled pitch propellors. This eliminates the need for reversing gear. Electrical power is delivered either by the 3 sulzer 8 cylinder S20 diesel driven alternators providing 1160kW each, or by the shaft-driven alternators (2800kW) which are used at sea. Each of the two rudders is controlled by a rotary vane steering gear system, which is extremely compact and reliable. Two bow thrusters (2400kW each) aid manouevring in port. Two retractable fin stabilisers are fitted to reduce the effect of rolling in open sea.

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[jpx01]

Fact. Irish Ferries' Isle of Inishmore is no longer registered in Dublin, was reflagged in Jan 2006, when 750 crew were made redundant and eastern european crew employed. You may remember the news coverage during the strikes over this in Dec 2005.

[rhyshuw1]

Look- This footage was filmed this month. What evidence have you got to support your point? Just press play...its not hard.

[rhyshuw1]

It is still under the irish flag but was registered in Limmasol.

[jpx01]

It's the "MV" Isle of Inishmore, and was Europe's 2nd Largest at it's launch. No longer under Irish flag, now reigistered in Limmasol

[rhyshuw1]

Don't know what planet you are from, but i can assure you that the Isle Of Inishmore is still used by Irish Ferries (I saw it earlier this month) and the information on the right is correct. I never said that the ferry was the largest in Europe- I said it was one of the largest ships in Europe- get your facts right.

[EuLO245]

@shellbombell Actually, the Isle of Innisfree is not the sister ship of the Inishmore. For some reason the Stena Jutlandica is the Inishmore's sister ship.

[raidenzero]

Good video, cheers rhysuw1

[Knockavota]

I Love this Ferry :-) i was nearly everymonth on her , in the Club Class :-)

[shellbombell]

@CharlotteCusack All of the IRISH crew were laid off in a deal that set the precedent we said at the time . No one cared as they were all ok................. at the time ..................... shoe, other , foot . And I was proud to sail on this and her sister whom she replaced, the Isle of Inisfree . Is there any reason you use plurals of letters ???

[annagilda1]

@2012Mrlego Pembroke is in South Wales

[2012Mrlego]

pembrook in north wales?

[milkman7699]

great ship great video

[dpkay08]

i was on that yesterday from coming back  from Ireland

[seamanrob]

@tpvalley, generally Marine diesel oil MDO has a specific gravity of about 0.97 - so its almost like for like. So its 0.97 tonnes approximately, or 1.03m3 for 1 tonne...

I think my maths is correct here ! :)

[seamanrob]

@rhyshuw1, I don't mean to throw a spanner in the works here, but if its registered in Limssol, then it cant be under an Irish flag. that is the whole point of shipping registers. Maybe you are getting slightly confused with say the survey requirements, which could quite easily fall under the Irish authority, whilst retaining its registry in Cyprus? Or the fact that its still operated by an Irish company... still doesn't make it an Irish ship if its registered to a Cypriot port.