MS Winston Churchill
car ferry
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- MS Winston Churchill
- IMO number
- 6718233
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- car ferry
- Gross tonnage
- 8,657
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 140.7 m
- Beam
- 20.5 m
- Year built
- 1967
- Builder
- Cantieri Navali del Tirreno Riuniti
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- DFDS
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About MS Winston Churchill
MS Winston Churchill was built in 1967 by Cantieri Navali del Tirreno e Riuniti S.P.A. Riva Trigoso, Genoa, Italy. The Winston Churchill was built as a car ferry for the Scandinavian Seaways DFDS service from Esbjerg to Harwich, and proved a very successful vessel on the route. As demand for vehicle-carrying services grew, larger vessels were required for the route and the Winston Churchill was transferred to the River Tyne in 1978, for the twice-weekly service to Gothenburg, following the arrival of the new DFDS vessel MS Dana Anglia on the Harwich route. The ferry ran aground on August 27, 1979 off the Swedish coast. All 587 passengers were safely taken off. She was eventually replaced on the Esbjerg route out of the Tyne by a new vessel, the MS King of Scandinavia.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is MS Winston Churchill now?
- MS Winston Churchill has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is MS Winston Churchill?
- MS Winston Churchill is a car ferry, built in 1967 by Cantieri Navali del Tirreno Riuniti. The vessel is 140.7 m long with a beam of 20.5 m and has a gross tonnage of 8,657.
- Who owns MS Winston Churchill?
- MS Winston Churchill is operated by DFDS. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has MS Winston Churchill been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for MS Winston Churchill appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).