Spirit of Gosport [SEP] manufacturer
MV Spirit of Gosport
MV "Spirit of Gosport" is a vessel owned by the Gosport Ferry Company Ltd and built by Abels Shipbuilders in Bristol.
History.
"Spirit of Gosport" was built in 2001 to replace "Portsmouth Queen" on ferry duties. However, the company also wanted to replace "Solent Enterprise", which operated cruise duties. The vessel was hardly used for the first few months and both existing ferries were kept in service. In 2003, she finally replaced "Solent Enterprise" on
shipyard for many years, before being completed as a medical missionary ship, the "Forth Hope".
The need for a second vessel to run alongside the similar "Spirit of Gosport" still existed, and the current "Spirit of Portsmouth" was built in 2005. She is primarily used for cruising Portsmouth Harbour and the Solent, thus enabled "Spirit of Gosport" to replace "Portsmouth Queen" on the Gosport to Portsmouth ferry route. The main difference between the two "Spirit of" vessels is the covered