Built by James Lamont & Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow, United Kingdom
Yard No: 419
16.9.1974 Launched by Mrs W. M. Little, the then wife of the STG's Managing Director
Date of completion: 11.74
Entered Service: 2nd December 1974
Length: 66.45m.
Breadth: 13.80m
Draught: 2.41m
Gross Tonnage: 854
Passengers: 510
Cars: 40
Crew: 10
Main engine: 2x Mirrlees Blackstone Ltd, Stockport Type 4SCSA 8 cylinder diesel engines, 1000 bhp each, driving Voith Schneider propellers, one at each end of the hull, on the centreline