MV Brightlingsea is a passenger vessel which was built for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1925.

[1] The ship was built by Rowhedge Ironworks and launched in 1925 for the Harwich to Felixstowe ferry service.

She was taken over by British Railways in 1948 and in 1964 by the Orwell and Harwich Navigation Company.

The opening of the Orwell Bridge in 1982 dented the Harwich to Felixstowe ferry trade, and she has been restored in Woodbridge and as of 2015 was advertised for sale.

In 2005 she was included in the National Register of Historic Vessels.