MV ''Morocco Sun'' is a passenger vessel built for

British Railways British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...

in 1979.

History

The MV Galloway Princess was built in 1979 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast for Sealink (although chartered from IBOS Finance Ltd). She was built specifically to serve on the Larne to

Stranraer Stranraer ( , in Scotland also ; gd, An t-Sròn Reamhar ), also known as The Toon, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located in the historical parish of Inch in the historic county of Wigtownshire. It lies on the shores of L ...

route. She measured 12,175 Gross Register Tons, and fitted with two Pielstick 16PC2V diesel engines could achieve a speed of 19 knots. She could carry 1,000 passengers and 280 cars. She was employed on the Larne to Stranraer service from 1 May 1980. In July 1984 she was registered to Sea Containers Ltd. In May 1990 she was sold to Stena Line and in February 1991 they renamed her ''Stena Galloway''. Stena sold her in 2002 to the International Maritime Transport Corporation, Morocco and she was renamed ''Le Rif''. There was an onboard fire on 22 April 2008 at Algeciras, Spain.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morocco Sun 1979 ships Passenger ships of the United Kingdom Ships built by Harland and Wolff Ships of British Rail