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This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Red Funnel ferry Cowes Castle of 1965. Similar ships were Carrisbrooke Castle (1959), Osborne Castle (1962) and Norris Castle (3) (1968).
 
Cowes Castle was built by Thornycroft & Co, Southampton, in 1965, for the Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Ltd. Cowes Castle entered service between Southampton and Cowes (Isle of Wight). In 1975, Cowes Castle was rebuilt in Belgium as a drive-through ferry. In 1994, Cowes Castle was sold to Jadrolinija, Rijeka, Croatia, and renamed Nehaj.
 
 
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Cowes Castle - Red Funnel: 1965-94
Nehaj - Jadrolinija: 1994-
 
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Cowes Castle
(Red Funnel: 1965-1994)
 
786 grt - 58.21m long - 1324 kW=14 knots - 500 passengers - 25 cars
After 1975:- 912 grt - 67.36m long - 1324 kW=14 knots - 900 passengers - 30 cars
 
Cowes Castle was built by Thornycroft & Co, Southampton, in 1965, for the Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Ltd. She entered service between Southampton and Cowes (Isle of Wight). In 1975, Cowes Castle was rebuilt in Belgium as a drive-through ferry. In 1994, Cowes Castle was sold to Jadrolinija, Rijeka,Croatia, and renamed Nehaj.
 
 
J.Arthur Dixon postcard SS6401 of Cowes Castle.
Photo: Beken & Son, Cowes.
 
 
Duncan postcard of Cowes Castle.
 
 
Duncan postcard of Cowes Castle.
 
 
Seapost postcard (serial No.12) of Cowes Castle after rebuilding as a drive-through ferry.
 
 
Duncan postcard of Cowes Castle.
 
 
Postcard of Cowes Castle at Cowes.
 
 
Postcard of Cowes Castle at Cowes.
Enlarged image from the card above.
 
 
Red Funnel postcard (Fincom X0148) of Cowes Castle after rebuilding as a drive-through ferry.
 
 
Simplon Postcards release sp1242 (issued January 1998) of Cowes Castle in later red livery.
Photo: © Jenny Williamson.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nehaj
(Jadrolinija: 1994- )
 
In 1994, Cowes Castle was sold to Jadrolinija, Rijeka,Croatia, and renamed Nehaj.
 
 
Photo of Nehaj.
Photo: © Neven Jerkovic.
Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.
 
 
Photo of Nehaj.
Photo: © Neven Jerkovic.
Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.
 
 
Photo of Nehaj.
Photo: © Egidio Ferrighi.
Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.
 
 
 
 
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