St Christopher
Ship Number
1716
Vessel Type
Passenger / Car Ferry
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
Musgrave Yard - 7
Launch Date
March 20, 1980
Launched By
Miss Tina Heath (host Of Bbc Children Programme "blue Peter"
Delivered
March 6, 1981
Owner
Barclays Mercantile Industrial - Sealink UK
Weight
6996 grt
BP Length
424.5 feet
Breadth
71 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
18.5 knots
Propulsion
2x Pielstick Crossley 16PC2V Mk5 - 6 cylinder diesel engines - total power 15.310 kW / 20.800 hp at 520 rpm
Official No.
Registered
Fate
Active
St Christopher

19.3.1981: Entered service Holyhead/Dun Laoghaire.
15.4.1981: Entered service Dover/Calais.
1983: Returned to Harland & Wolff, for extension of passenger accommodation.
27.7.1984: Registered for Sea Containers Limited.
1.1990: Registered for Stena Equipment Limited. Renamed Stena Antrim.
7.4.1991: Transferred to Stranraer/Larne.
12.11.1995: Service moved to Stranraer/Belfast.
21.7.1996: Laid up at Belfast.
28.10.1996: Transferred to Newhaven/Dieppe.
24.4.1998: Laid up at Zeebrugge.
6.1998: Sold to Lignes Maritimes du Detroit S. A. (Limadet) Casablanca, Morocco. Renamed Ibn Batouta.