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Red Funnel Ferries
Raptor Class Ferries
This page is one of a series devoted to postcards and photographs of Red Funnel.
An alphabetical list of ships
covered on this page is shown below. Below this are
postcards and photos of the fleet
in chronological order.
The Raptor Class were all built in Port Glasgow for the Southampton-East Cowes (Isle of Wight) car ferry service.
Red Osprey
and
Red Falcon
were both delivered in 1994 and were 2881 grt.
Red Eagle
was delivered in 1996 and is 3028 grt, due to extended main lounges, and an additional "executive" lounge on the upper deck. They were all 83.6m long, and carried 895 passengers and 140 cars/16 trucks. In October 2003,
Red Osprey
was sent to Poland for lengthening and the addition of an extra car upper car deck. She returned to service in early 2004, at which point
Red Falcon
was sent for similar treatment.
Red Eagle
was due to follow in late 2004. The Norwegian-built ferry
Bergen Castle
(ex-
Nordhordland
) was acquired to maintain services whilst the first two Raptors were away, but it was not planned to use her whilst
Red Eagle
was rebuilt, since the two other ferries had sufficient capacity once rebuilt.
Ships on This Page:-
Red Falcon
Red Osprey
Red Eagle
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Table of Ship Histories
Name
Other names
Built
Red Eagle
1996
Red Falcon
1994
Red Osprey
1994
Raptor Class Ferries
Red Funnel postcard of the three raptor Class ferries
Red
Falcon
,
Red
Osprey
and
Red
Eagle
.
Red
Eagle
is in the centre.
Red Falcon
(Red Funnel: 1994- )
Complete history of Red Falcon
In January 2004,
Red Falcon
was sent to Gdansk, Poland, for lengthening. She was replaced temporarily by chartered
Bergen Castle
.
Red Funnel postcard of
Red
Falcon
.
Red Funnel postcard of
Red
Falcon
(front) and
Red Osprey
.
Nigh postcard WJN1755 of
Red
Falcon
.
Dixon postcard PIW29825 of
Red
Falcon
.
Simplon Postcards release sp1190 of
Red
Falcon
.
Photo: © Ian Boyle
Photo: © Ian Boyle 2003.
Photo: © Ian Boyle 2003.
Photo: © Ian Boyle 2003.
Photo: © Ian Boyle 2003.
Red Falcon
being passed by
Red Jet 2
on 16th August 2003.
Photo: © Ian Boyle 2003.
Rebuilt
Red Falcon
arriving at Southampton, passing
Queen Mary 2
, on 11th September 2004.
Photo: © Ian Boyle
Rebuilt
Red Falcon
arriving at Southampton on 11th September 2004.
Photo: © Ian Boyle
Red Falcon
passing Calshot Castle on 14th April 2005.
Photo: © Ian Boyle
Red Falcon
on 30th April 2005.
Photo: © Ian Boyle
Red Falcon
on 30th April 2005.
Photo: © Ian Boyle
Red Osprey
(Red Funnel: 1994- )
Complete history of Red Osprey
In October 2003,
Red Osprey
was sent to Gdansk, Poland, for lengthening. She was replaced temporarily by chartered
Bergen Castle
.
Nigh postcard WJN1795 of
Red
Osprey
.
Hinde postcard of
Red
Osprey
.
Simplon Postcards release sp1240 of
Red
Osprey
.
Photo: © Ian Boyle
Photo: © Ian Boyle 2003.
Photo: © Ian Boyle 2003.
Photo: © Ian Boyle 2003.
Rebuilt
Red Osprey
arriving at Southampton on 11th September 2004.
Photo: © Ian Boyle
Rebuilt
Red Osprey
leaving Southampton on 11th September 2004.
Photo: © Ian Boyle
Red Osprey
passing Calshot Castle on 14th April 2005.
Photo: © Ian Boyle
Red Osprey
on 30th April 2005.
Photo: © Ian Boyle
Red Osprey
received advertising livery for a new IKEA store in Southampton in January 2009
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1st February 2009
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Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1st February 2009
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Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1st February 2009
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Photo: © Ian Boyle, 1st February 2009
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Red Eagle
(Red Funnel: 1996- )
Complete history of Red Eagle
W.J.Nigh postcard release WJN1795 of
Red
Eagle
.
Simplon Postcards release sp1239 of
Red
Eagle
.
Photo: © Ian Boyle
Photo: © Ian Boyle 2003.
Photo: © Ian Boyle 2003.
Photo: © Ian Boyle 2003.
Photo: © Ian Boyle 2003.
Photo: © Ian Boyle 2003.
Red Eagle
leaving Southampton on 11th September 2004, shortly before being rebuilt in Poland.
Photo: © Ian Boyle
Red Eagle
leaving Southampton on 9th April 2005, after being rebuilt as a double deck ferry in Poland.
Photo: © Ian Boyle
Red Eagle
passing Calshot on 14th April 2005.
Photo: © Ian Boyle