Passenger ferry “Mountwood” at Liverpool, August 1973
Owner: Birkenhead Corporation
Operator: Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive
Builder: Philip & Sons, Dartmouth
Gross tons: 611
Length overall: 46.32 m
Max. draft: 2.46 m
Engines: 2 x Wärtsilä diesels
Speed: c.12 knots
Passenger capacity: 860
Completed 1960
Underwent refurbishment 1989-1990
1990: owner restyled Mersey Ferries
2001: commenced major rebuilding & re-engining; renamed “Royal Iris of the Mersey”; new gross tonnage 464