MV Leinster was a passenger ferry operated across the Irish Sea between 1937 and 1966. She was renamed Ulster Prince to replace the 1929 motorship of that name, lost during WWII.

They ordered new car ferries, the MV Munster (5,000 tons, 1000 passengers, and 220 cars) from Norbiskrug Yard, in Pennsburg, Germany in 1968. This was followed by the Innisfallen (5,000 tons) in 1969 built in the same yard, and the Leinster …

RMS Leinster was an Irish ship operated by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company. She served as the Kingstown-Holyhead mailboat until she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UB-123, which was under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Robert Ramm, on 10 October 1918, while bound for Holyhead.

Nov 2, 2020 · MV Leinster was a passenger ferry operated across the Irish Sea between 1937 and 1966. She was renamed Ulster Prince to replace the 1929 motorship of that name, lost during WWII.

The Irish built Leinster went down the ways at Rushbrooke on the 19th of November 1968 and was the B&I’s first Irish built ship. She was identical to the German built Innisfallen apart from her main propulsion system.

Interestingly, the timetable insert to the main brochure notes that “In addition to the Car Ferry, the [passenger ferry] m.v. Munster or the m.v. Leinster will operate a two class tri-weekly sailing between Dublin (North Wall) and Liverpool (Princes Dock East).”

This link is for a video made by Colm Fynes and shows the M.V. Leinster in Dry-dock and at sea in January 1989. Video of the MV Leinster Drydock in Blohm & Voss Shipyard.

In 1938, it was the turn of the British and Irish Liverpool-Dublin route to receive their modern standard motorships Leinster and Munster. At 4300grt, they were the largest ships of the series, too large for winter service on their intended route.

MV Leinster was launched in 1968 and operated initially for the British and Irish Steam Packet Company (B+I Line). The c. 5,000-ton ship as built had capacity for 1,200 passengers and 220 cars. The ship has also been known under several other names including Innisfallen, Ionian Sun, Chams and Merdif..