Introduced in 1948 for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway’s Irish Sea North Channel service between Scottish port Stranraer and Larne in County Antrim, the 1947-launched car ferry Princess Victoria, by then under British Rail management, set off from Loch Ryan in Scotland at 0845 on the last day of January in 1953.
Leaving the comparative shelter of the Loch, she immediately turned into the