New Ships for Isle of Wight Ferries

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Wight Sun Launched

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Appropriate Assessment

Information to assist an appropriate assessment of the new ships' likely environmental impact has been published

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Wight Sky Launched

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£57m Investment plans announced

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Wight Light Launch Video

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Comparison between old and new ferries

Comparison of existing C-Class ships' (blue) profile compared to new Wight Class ferries (green). Click to enlarge.

	Existing Ships C-Class	New Ships Wight Class
Length (metres)	58.0	62.4
Beam (metres)	15.2	16.1
Laden draft (metres)	2.28	2.3
Max. displacement (tonnes)	850	1,495
Deadweight capability (tonnes)	156	330
No of passengers	500	360
No of cars (CEUs)	48-52	65
Freight vehicle capacity (lane metres)8	110	110
* Freight capacity is included within overall car capacity and is not in addition to

Car/Freight Capacity Relationship

	Total CEUs	Freight CEUs	Cars	Unusable CEUs
C-Class	48-52	28	4	16-20
Wight Class	65	28	37

CEU: Car Equivalent Unit