The ship was fitted with the Flume stabilisation system and had controllable pitch propellers; both of these were a first within the British Railways fleet.

[2] Cambridge Ferry was built by Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn as yard number 754.

[2] Cambridge Ferry made her maiden voyage from Harwich to Zeebrugge, Belgium on 2 January 1964.

[2] In May 1980, Cambridge Ferry entered service on the Holyhead - Dún Laoghaire route following the breakdown of St Columba and her replacement Avalon.

She had been in dry dock at the time and was pressed into service whilst replacement ships were sourced and repairs effected.

In 1987, she was refitted at Immingham, including modifications to make her more suitable for use at Dover, from where she operated from February 1987.

She was withdrawn from the Dover - Dunkerque route on 31 December 1987, but was reinstated from September to mid-October 1988 before being laid up in the River Fal.

[8] She was laid up at Milford Haven in March 1990 and put into service the next month between Stranraer and Larne.

[2] On 21 April 1992, Cambridge Ferry was sold to Sincomar Malta and renamed Ito Uno.