Meet our fleet
St Faith is our third-largest ferry and comes fully equipped with everything you need for a comfortable cross-Solent journey, including a Wight Taste outlet and pet-friendly areas. She entered service on 16 July 1990, making her the eldest member of our fleet.
MV St Faith was launched on 28 February 1990 at the yard of Cochrane Shipbuilders, Selby, Yorkshire, by Mrs Jacky Field, wife of the Island’s Member of Parliament at the time.
St Faith hosts a wide range of facilities including a Wight Taste outlet serving hot and cold food and drinks, lifts, toilets and baby changing facilities, outside sun deck and dog-friendly areas.
At our outlets and vending machines, please pay using contactless or chip and pin, either with a bank card or Google or Apple Pay – cash is not being accepted.
We have a dedicated area for your four-legged friends, where they can feel safe and socialise with other pooches.
We have a wide variety of locally-sourced, hot and cold food and drink options in our Wight Taste outlet.
There’s plenty of space for everyone on board. Grab some fresh air on our outside decks and take in the views as you cross the Solent.
St Faith became the first ferry on the route to sail under the new Wightlink Isle of Wight Ferries livery.
St Faith is registered under the UK flag in London.
She is 77 metres long. That’s about four-fifths as tall as Big Ben.
St Faith was built in 1989 in Selby, Yorkshire.
She can hold 722 passengers at a time.
St Faith can hold 142 vehicles at a time.
Portsmouth to Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight is a popular and convenient ferry route, getting you across the Solent in just 45 minutes.
A number of ferries serve this crossing, including our environmentally friendly flagship Victoria of Wight, each coming with spacious passenger loungers, sun decks and food and drink outlets to keep you refreshed.
Check out our TripAdvisor page and see what others have said about this route.
From Monday, 11 to Friday, 15 March 2024 we will be installing new CCTV cameras in the Gunwharf Car Park opposite the Portsmouth – Fishbourne car ferry port.
During this short period, there will be a reduced number of parking spaces available to customers. However, the entrance, exit, direction of traffic and number of disabled parking bays will remain unchanged.
The biggest ferry in our fleet – running on hybrid energy, bringing a new, greener era of travel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland.
Our second-largest ferry, St Clare is capable of two-tier boarding and comes with a wide range of facilities.
As one of our Wight Class ferries, Wight Sun serves our Lymington – Yarmouth route and, when required, our Portsmouth – Fishbourne route.
Serving our Lymington – Yarmouth route, Wight Sky is one of our Wight Class vehicle ferries.
One of our Wight Class vehicle ferries, Wight Light serves our Lymington – Yarmouth route.
The first of our high-speed FastCats, Wight Ryder I can get you across the Solent in just 22 minutes.
Our second high-speed FastCat, getting you across the Solent in just 22 minutes.
