Three new car ferries were delivered to Coast Lines in 1966/67 to update the Irish Sea services.
[2] Lion was sold to European Ferries (Townsend Thoresen) in 1985, and then to Thenamaris Shipping for service in the Mediterranean.
On 24 February 1990, between Larneca and Greece, she came under fire from a gun-boat and was withdrawn for repairs.
[2] In 1997, she was sold to Equester Shipping, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and left for service in Indonesia.
In March 2004, she was sold for scrapping, arriving at Chittagong Roads, Bangladesh for breaking.