Wight Shipyard
HeadquartersEast Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
ServicesShip builder
Websitewww.wightshipyard.com Edit this at Wikidata

The Wight Shipyard is a shipbuilding company and shipyard based in East Cowes on the Isle of Wight in the UK, with their facilities occupying and including the historic Saunders-Roe flying boat hangar and British Hovercraft Corporation hangar. The company was originally known as Shemara Refit LLP, and was formed to undertake the refit of the historic MY Shemara. They now specialise in the construction and refit of high speed craft and aluminium ships.[1]

Red Jet 6 under test at East Cowes

Ships built

Yard No. Year Type Name Tonnage IMO Number owner Flag Notes
1 2016 41.73 m high speed passenger ferry Red Jet 6 363 GT 9788083 Red Funnel British
2 2017 35.37 m high speed passenger ferry Jupiter Clipper 155 GT N/A Thames Clippers[2] British
3 2017 35.37 m high speed passenger ferry Mercury Clipper 155 GT N/A Thames Clippers British
4 2018 21 m cruise boats Jacobite Maverick N/A N/A Jacobite Loch Ness Ferries British Built by Aluminium Marine Consultants under subcontract at their shipyard in East Cowes
5 2018 41.73 m high speed passenger ferry Red Jet 7 363 GT 9838321 Red Funnel British
6 2018 39 m high speed passenger ferry Twin City Liner 3 N/A N/A Central Danube Region Marketing & Development GmbH’s Twin City Liner Austria Wight Shipyard first export order
7 2019 38.2 m high speed passenger ferry Venus Clipper[3] 172 GT N/A Thames Clippers British
8 2019 37 m passenger ferry Lady A 295 GT 9886146 Ultramar ferries Mexico
9 2019 37 m passenger ferry Lady D 295 GT N/A Ultramar ferries Mexico
10 2019 9 m Hybrid Patrol Vessel Chasewell 9m N/A N/A Chartwell Marine British
11 2020 34.14 m passenger ferry I See One 222 GT 9881976 Captain Morgan Holdings Ltd Malta
12 2020 34.14 m passenger ferry I See Two 222 GT N/A Captain Morgan Holdings Ltd Malta
13 2020 20 m passenger ferry I See Three 125 GT 9881952 Captain Morgan Holdings Ltd Malta
14 2020 20 m passenger ferry I See Four 125 GT 9881964 Captain Morgan Holdings Ltd Malta
15 2021 22 m Hybrid CTV CWind Pioneer N/A N/A Cwind British World’s first hybrid powered surface effect ship
16 2022 27.3 m explorer yachts Arksen 85 N/A N/A N/A Arksen yachts N/A
17 2022 27.3 m explorer yachts Arksen 85 N/A N/A N/A Arksen yachts N/A
18 2022 38.22 m Hybrid high speed passenger ferry [4] Earth Clipper N/A N/A Thames Clippers British first hybrid high speed passenger ferry to be built in the UK
19 2023 38.22 m Hybrid high speed passenger ferry N/A N/A N/A Thames Clippers British second hybrid high speed passenger ferry to be built in the UK
20 2023 27.3 m explorer yachts Arksen 85 N/A N/A N/A Arksen yachts N/A

Ships refitted

References

  1. ^ "Wight Shipyard Co". Wight Shipyard Co. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Meet Our Fleet" (PDF). Thames Clippers. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  3. ^ Clippers, MBNA Thames. "MBNA Thames Clippers names its biggest-ever vessel". www.thamesclippers.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  4. ^ "19104 - 38m Uber Boat".
  5. ^ "Shemara Refit awarded major refit program by MBNA Thames Clippers". Thames Clippers. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Major refurbishment for Red Eagle". Wight Shipyard. Wight Shipyard. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Southampton Marine Services moves ahead on Red Eagle refit". MarineLog.com. Marine Log. Retrieved 15 July 2018.

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