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Scillonian (1955)
: ''This article is about the Isles of Scilly passenger ferry which operated until 1977. For the ship currently in use, see Scillonian III.''
''Scillonian'' (also referred to as ''Scillonian II'' or TSVM ''Scillonian'') was a passenger ferry built for the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company in 1955 by John I. Thornycroft & Company of Woolston, Southampton. She was designed to carry 500 passengers and cargo between Penzance, Cornwall, to the offshore Isles of Scilly.〔(Description on ''Hearts of Oak The Penzance/Isles of Scilly Mail Packets''. )〕
==Serving the Isles of Scilly==
The ship was ordered on 18 March 1954 at a contract price of £250,000 (£}} as of ), planned as a replacement for the first ''Scillonian'' which had been in continuous service since 1926. The new ship was laid down on 25 March 1955, completed on 15 November 1955 and christened by HRH The Duchess of Gloucester. The second ''Scillonian'' was powered by two 6-cylinder four-stroke diesel engines (manufactured by Ruston & Hornsby) which propelled two three-blade screws, giving the ship a maximum speed of 15.5 knots.〔
The new passenger ferry made her first trip to the Isles of Scilly on 23 March 1956, sailing from Southampton to St Mary's.〔 On her arrival, critics found the second ''Scillonian'' "too big, they will never hold her, not suitable or not as good a sea boat as the old boat" (the same had happened when the first ''Scillonian'' went into service in 1926 and would happen again with ''Scillonian III'' in 1977).〔"Scillonian III Back in Service after £1,700,000 Refit" in (''Scilly up to Date'', issue 120 (April 1999) ), accessed 2011-08-16〕 Like her predecessor, the second ''Scillonian'' operated mainly between the Isles of Scilly and Penzance, although she sometimes diverted to Falmouth or St Ives in bad weather. A frequent traveller aboard the ship was Harold Wilson who had a holiday home in the Isles of Scilly. Between 1964 to 1966 she was joined on her route by the ''Queen of the Isles''. ''Scillonian'' was eventually replaced by ''Scillonian III'' in May 1977, and was sold to P & A Campbell.〔(The ''Scillonian (II)s history on www.simplonpc.co.uk. )〕
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