[1] Spirit of Gosport was built in 2001 to replace Portsmouth Queen on ferry duties.

However, the company also wanted to replace Solent Enterprise, which operated cruise duties.

This continued until 2005, when a brand new vessel was purchased to replace Spirit of Gosport on cruise duties.

However this vessel was only partially constructed when the ferry company cancelled the order, and the unfinished hull remained at Abel's shipyard for many years, before being completed as a medical missionary ferry, the Forth Hope.

She has a service speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) and a capacity of 300 passengers and 3 crew.