[4] The Victoria of Wight originated as part of Wightlink's £45 million investment, which aimed to improve facilities at Portsmouth terminal with a new building, and to introduce new double tier boarding ramps at Fishbourne and Portsmouth for quicker boarding of the St Clare and the new ferry.

[10] On 16 July 2018, Victoria of Wight departed the Cemre shipyard to finally be transported to the Solent for crew training and introduction into service.

[4] On 1 November 2019, during an early morning crossing from Fishbourne, the Victoria of Wight's propulsion system suffered a fault.

The hybrid elements of the ship's powertrain are powered by a pair of 409 kWh battery arrays by Corvus Energy.

The vessel can supply all electrical load in port purely from stored battery energy, reducing in-port engine emissions.