MV Hibernia (1948)

[2] Together with her sister ship the MV Cambria she served the Holyhead to Dún Laoghaire route across the Irish Sea.

[3] She was built by Harland and Wolff of Belfast, launched on 27 April 1948 for the British Transport Commission and started service in 1949.

Some cabins and staterooms were removed and replaced with second-class lounges, and a cafeteria.

The screened areas were extended to provide further covered seating, and the first and second class smokerooms were converted into a tea lounge.

She arrived in Darukhana, India in 1980 for scrapping by Ankom Solid Steel Traders, and had been demolished by 1981.

Hibernia at Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire, 1973