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==Current fleet== {{unreferenced section|date=June 2020}} [[File:St Clare-image05.jpg|thumb|''[[MV St Clare|St Clare]]'', July 2013.]] [[File:Wightryders.jpg|thumb|right|''[[HSC Wight Ryder I|Wight Ryder I]]'' and ''[[HSC Wight Ryder II|Wight Ryder II]]'' at Portsmouth Harbour in August 2009 prior to entry into service]] [[File:Wight Light.jpg|thumb|''[[MV Wight Light|Wight Light]]'', the first of the new ferries launched in 2008 for the Lymington to Yarmouth route, undertaking [[sea trials]] prior to delivery]] ===Vehicle ferries=== [[File:Mvwightsky.jpg|thumb|''[[MV Wight Sky|Wight Sky]]'' at Yarmouth Harbour]] [[File:Wightlink St Catherine Ferry Gunwharf Quays.jpg|right|thumb|Wightlink's former ''[[MV St Catherine|St Catherine]]'']] [[File:Wightlink Cenwulf.jpg|thumb|''[[MV Cenwulf|Cenwulf]]'', one of the former Lymington β Yarmouth ferries]] [[File:OurLadyPamela.jpg|thumb|''[[HSC Our Lady Pamela|Our Lady Pamela]]'' crossing the Solent]] [[File:St Helen-image19.jpg|thumb|''[[MV St Helen|St Helen]]'' in foreground, and ''[[MV St Faith|St Faith]]'', 2013]] [[File:St Cecilia-image04.jpg|thumb|''[[MV St Cecilia|St Cecilia]]'', July 2013]] {|class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="text-align:center;" !Ferry !Entered service !Route |- |{{MV|St Faith||}} |1990 |[[Portsmouth]] to [[Fishbourne, Isle of Wight|Fishbourne]] |- |{{MV|St Clare||}} |2001 |[[Portsmouth]] to [[Fishbourne, Isle of Wight|Fishbourne]] |- |{{MV|Victoria of Wight}} |2018 |[[Portsmouth]] to [[Fishbourne, Isle of Wight|Fishbourne]] |- |{{MV|Wight Sun||}} |2009 |[[Lymington]] to [[Yarmouth, Isle of Wight|Yarmouth]] |- |{{MV|Wight Light||}} |2009 |[[Lymington]] to [[Yarmouth, Isle of Wight|Yarmouth]] |- |{{MV|Wight Sky||}} |2009 |[[Lymington]] to [[Yarmouth, Isle of Wight|Yarmouth]] |- |} The introduction of the Wight class ferries was a much-discussed affair, with some Lymington residents claiming that the increased size of the ferries posed a risk, both in environmental terms and to users of pleasure craft on the Lymington river. ===High-speed craft=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center;" !Catamaran !Entered service !Route |- |[[HSC Wight Ryder I|HSC ''Wight Ryder I'']] |2009 |[[Portsmouth]] to [[Ryde]] |- |[[HSC Wight Ryder II|HSC ''Wight Ryder II'']] |2009 |[[Portsmouth]] to [[Ryde]] |}
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