MV Portaferry II is a passenger and car ferry operated by Transport NI.

[1] After years of service, MV Strangford Ferry, which was launched on 6 September 1969, began to show signs of age.

This new vessel was the Portaferry II, built by McTay Marine of Merseyside, at a cost of a £2.7 million.

[3][4] Like her predecessors, due to the short travel time the only onboard facilities are a passenger waiting area and a gangway on one side of the ship with benches and placards to inform readers of the lough's wildlife.

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