EARL GODWIN
Picture above;
MV EARL GODWIN *1966) backing out of Weymouth Harbour for her afternoon sailing to booth Guernsey and Jersey in the Channel Islands.
Facts and figures
Built in 1966 by AB Öresundvarvet, Landskrona, Sweden for Rederi AB Svea, Stockholm. Chartered from August - September 1974 by British Rail. Laid up in October 1974 at Helsingborg, Sweden. Sold the next month to Lloyd's Leasing Ltd, London. Chartered to British Rail. Renamed Earl Godwin in 1975. Registered in 1979 to Sealink. Chartered in 1984 to Sea Containers Ltd, Hamilton, Bermuda. Ran aground on 15 October 1985 off St Helier, Jersey. Laid up at Southampton in September 1988, then moved to Falmouth, Cornwall in October. Chartered to Mainland Market Deliveries, Channel Islands in January 1989 for two months. Sold in March 1990 to Navigazione Arcipelago Maddalenino Spa, Naples, Italy and placed under the management of Moby Line, renamed Moby Baby. Registered to Moby Lines srl in 2001. In service as of 2011.
Photograph Copyright;
Digital Expression UK (2020)
EARL GODWIN
Picture above;
MV EARL GODWIN *1966) backing out of Weymouth Harbour for her afternoon sailing to booth Guernsey and Jersey in the Channel Islands.
Facts and figures
Built in 1966 by AB Öresundvarvet, Landskrona, Sweden for Rederi AB Svea, Stockholm. Chartered from August - September 1974 by British Rail. Laid up in October 1974 at Helsingborg, Sweden. Sold the next month to Lloyd's Leasing Ltd, London. Chartered to British Rail. Renamed Earl Godwin in 1975. Registered in 1979 to Sealink. Chartered in 1984 to Sea Containers Ltd, Hamilton, Bermuda. Ran aground on 15 October 1985 off St Helier, Jersey. Laid up at Southampton in September 1988, then moved to Falmouth, Cornwall in October. Chartered to Mainland Market Deliveries, Channel Islands in January 1989 for two months. Sold in March 1990 to Navigazione Arcipelago Maddalenino Spa, Naples, Italy and placed under the management of Moby Line, renamed Moby Baby. Registered to Moby Lines srl in 2001. In service as of 2011.
Photograph Copyright;
Digital Expression UK (2020)