Editing Wightlink (section)

==Historic fleet==
The following ferries have operated historically on routes run by Wightlink or previous companies that have been absorbed by Wightlink.<ref name=spec>{{cite web| title=History of Isle of Wight Ferries – Wightlink|url=http://www.wightlink.co.uk/aboutus/history_fleet.htm| access-date=18 February 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080104021624/http://www.wightlink.co.uk/aboutus/history_fleet.htm |archive-date = 4 January 2008}}</ref><ref>Hendy, John. (1989) Sealink Isle of Wight, Ferry Publications</ref>

===Lymington-Yarmouth===
{|class="wikitable"
!Ship
!width=100px|Service
!Company
!Notes
|-
|PS ''Glasgow''
|1830–1850
|Solent Steam Packet Co
|
|-
|PS ''Red Lion''
|1858–1880
|Solent Steam Packet Co
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|-
|PS ''Solent''
|1841–1861
|Solent Steam Packet Co
|
|-
|{{PS|Solent|1863|6}}
|1863 –1901
|Solent Steam Packet Co
|
|-
|{{PS|Mayflower|1866|6}}
|1866
|Solent Steam Packet Co
|
|-
|PS ''Lymington''
|1893
|[[London and South Western Railway]]
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|-
|{{PS|Solent|1902|6}}
|1902
|[[London and South Western Railway]]
|
|-
|PS ''Freshwater''
|1927-1959
|[[Southern Railway (England)|Southern Railway]]
|Sold and renamed ''Sussex Queen'', renamed ''Swanage Queen''
|-
|{{MV|Lymington}}
|1938–1973
|[[Southern Railway (England)|Southern Railway]]
|First [[Voith Schneider]] driven ferry.  Sold and renamed ''Sound of Sanda''
|-
|PMV ''Farringford''
|1948–1974
|[[British Transport Commission]]
|
|-
|MV ''Freshwater''
|1959–1983
|[[British Transport Commission]]
|2x 320bhp 8cyl [[Crossley]] diesels
|-
|{{MV|Cenwulf}}
|1973–2009
|Wightlink
|Scrapped 2010
|-
|{{MV|Cenred}}
|1974–2009
|Wightlink
|Scrapped 2010
|-
|{{MV|Caedmon}}
|1983–2009
|Wightlink
| Scrapped 2010
|-
|}

===Portsmouth-Ryde===
{| class="wikitable"
!Ship
!Service
!Company
!Notes
|-
|PS ''Arrow''
|{{nowrap|1825–1851}}
|Portsmouth & Ryde Steam Packet Co
|
|-
|PS ''Union''
|1825
|Portsmouth & Ryde Steam Packet Co
|
|-
|PS ''Lord Yarborough''
|1826–1851
|Portsmouth & Ryde Steam Packet Co
|
|-
|PS ''Lord Spencer''
|1833
|
|
|-
|PS ''Prince Albert''
|1847–1868
|Portsmouth & Ryde Steam Packet Co
|
|-
|PS ''Prince of Wales''
|1850
|Portsea, Portsmouth, Gosport & Isle of Wight Steam Packet Co
|
|-
|PS ''Princess Royal''
|1850
|Portsea, Portsmouth, Gosport & Isle of Wight Steam Packet Co
|
|-
|PS ''Her Majesty''
|1850-1883
|Portsmouth & Ryde Steam Packet Co
|
|-
|PS ''Prince Consort''
|1859–1882
|rowspan="4"|Port of Portsmouth & Ryde United Steam Packet Co
|
|-
|{{PS|Princess of Wales}}
|1865–1885
|
|-
|PS ''Duke of Edinburgh''
|1869–1884
|
|-
|PS ''Princess Alice''
|1869–1882
|
|-
|PS ''Ventnor''
|rowspan="4"|1873–1879
|rowspan="4"|Southsea & Isle of Wight Steam Packet Co
|
|-
|PS ''Shanklin''
|
|-
|PS ''Ryde''
|-
|PS ''Southsea''
|
|-
|SS ''Princess Louise''
|1873–1874
|rowspan="5"|Port of Portsmouth & Ryde United Steam Packet Co
|
|-
|SS ''Princess Beatrice''
|1874-1874
|
|-
|PS ''Heather Bell''
|1875
|
|-
|PS ''Albert Edward''
|1878
|
|-
|PS ''Alexandra''
|1879–1913
|Sold to [[Cosens & Co Ltd]]
|-
|PS ''Victoria''
|1881–1899
|rowspan="9"|Joint Railway Companies Steampacket Service
|
|-
|PS ''Duchess of Edinburgh''
|1884–1910
|
|-
|PS ''Duchess of Connaught''
|1884–1910
|
|-
|PS ''Duchess of Albany''
|1890–1927
|
|-
|PS ''Princess Margaret''
|1893–1927
|
|-
|PS ''Duchess of Kent''
|1897–1933
|Sold and renamed ''Clacton Queen''
|-
|{{PS|Duchess of Fife|1899|6}}
|1890–1929
|
|-
|PS ''Duchess of Richmond''
|1910–1915
|Mined in the Mediterranean
|-
|{{PS|Duchess of Norfolk}}
|1911–1937

|Sold and renamed ''Embassy''. Scrapped June 1967
|-
|{{PS|Shanklin|1924|6}}
|1924–1950
|rowspan="7"|[[Southern Railway (England)|Southern Railway]]
|Sold and renamed ''Monarch''
|-
|{{PS|Merstone|1928|6}}
|1928–1952

|
|-
|{{PS|Portsdown|1928|6}}
|1928–1941

|Mined off [[Southsea]]
|-
|{{PS|Southsea}}
|1930–1941

|J113 HMS ''Southsea'' mined off the [[River Tyne]]
|-
|{{PS|Whippingham|1930|6}}
|1930–1962

|J136 HMS ''Whippingham'' in WW2
|-
|{{PS|Sandown|1934|6}}
|1934–1965

|J20 HMS ''Sandown'' in WW2, evacuated 3,000 men at [[Dunkirk evacuation|Dunkirk]]
|-
|{{PS|Ryde}}
|1937–1969

|J132 HMS ''Ryde'' in WW2, Sold for use as a floating hotel and later a nightclub. Subsequent attempts at preservation finally failed in 2018.
|-
|{{ship|TSMV|Brading}}
|1948–1986
|[[British Transport Commission]]
|
|-
|{{ship|TSMV|Southsea}}
|1948–1988
|[[British Transport Commission]]
| Acquired for preservation, ultimately unsuccessful. Scrapped 2005.
|-
|{{ship|TSMV|Shanklin}}
|1951–1980
|[[British Transport Commission]]
|Sold and renamed ''Prince Ivanhoe''. Holed and beached in 1981. Scrapped in 1984.
|-
|{{Ship|HSC|Our Lady Patricia}}
|1986–2006
|Wightlink
|Scrapped 2006
|-
|{{Ship|HSC|Our Lady Pamela}}
|1986–2008
|Wightlink
|Scrapped 2008
|-
|{{Ship|HSC|FastCat Shanklin}}
|1996–2009
|Wightlink
|Sold and renamed ''Sochi 2''

|-
|{{Ship|HSC|FastCat Ryde}}
|1996–2010
|Wightlink
|Sold and renamed ''Rapparee'', resold and renamed ''Sochi 1''
|-
|}

===Portsmouth-Fishbourne===
{| class="wikitable"
!Ship
!Service
!Company
!Notes
|-
|MV ''Fishbourne''
|1927–1961
|[[Southern Railway (England)|Southern Railway]]
|Sent to [[Dunkirk evacuation|Dunkirk]] in 1940, 2x 120bhp [[L Gardner & Sons|Gardner]] 4T7 semi diesels
|-
|MV ''Wootton''
|1928–1961
|[[Southern Railway (England)|Southern Railway]]
|Sent to [[Dunkirk evacuation|Dunkirk]] in 1940, 2x 120bhp Gardner 4T7 semi diesels
|-
|MV ''Hilsea''
|1930–1961
|[[Southern Railway (England)|Southern Railway]]
|2x 120bhp Gardner 4T7 semi diesels
|-
|MV ''Fishbourne''
|1961–1983
|[[British Transport Commission]]
|IMO5115587, 2x 320bhp 8cyl [[Crossley]] diesels
|-
|MV ''Camber Queen''
|1961–1984
|[[British Transport Commission]]
|2x 320bhp 8cyl Crossley diesels
|-
|{{MV|Cuthred}}
|1969–1986
|Wightlink
|Sold and renamed ''Mira Praia''
|-
|{{MV|Caedmon}}
|1973–1983
|Wightlink
|Transferred to Lymington - Yarmouth route. Scrapped 2010
|-
|{{MV|St Catherine}}
|1983–2010
|Wightlink
|Sold to Delcomar, Sardinia and renamed ''GB Conte''
|-
|{{MV|St Helen}}
|1983–2015
|Wightlink
|Sold to Delcomar, Sardinia and renamed ''Anna Mur''
|-
| {{MV|St Cecilia||}}
|1987–2019
|Wightlink
|Sold to Delcomar, Sardinia and renamed ''Nando Murrau''
|-
|}

===Langstone Harbour-Bembridge===
{| class="wikitable"
!Ship
!Service
!Company
!Notes
|-
|[[TF Carrier|TF ''Carrier'']]
|1885–1888
|Isle of Wight Marine Transit Co
|Ex [[Firth of Tay]] [[train ferry]]. Scrapped 1888 due to being ill-suited for the Solent
|-
|}