 The ships
The Raptor Cl*** were all built in Port Glasgow for the Southampton-East Cowes (Isle of Wight) car ferry service. Red Osprey and Red Falcon were both delivered in 1994 and were 2881 grt. Red Eagle was delivered in 1996 and is 3028 grt, due to extended main lounges, and an additional "executive" lounge on the upper deck. They were all 83.6m long, and carried 895 p***engers and 140 cars/16 trucks. In October 2003, Red Osprey was sent to Poland for lengthening and the addition of an extra car upper car deck. She returned to service in early 2004, at which point Red Falcon was sent for similar treatment. Red Eagle was due to follow in late 2004. The Norwegian-built ferry Bergen Castle (ex-Nordhordland) was acquired to maintain services whilst the first two Raptors were away, but it was not planned to use her whilst Red Eagle was rebuilt, since the two other ferries had sufficient capacity once rebuilt. | 
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