page_title: Wightlink
section_title: Vehicle ferries
hierarchical_section_title: Wightlink / Current fleet / Vehicle ferries
caption_attribution_description: English: Isle of Wight Wightlink car ferry St Helen inbound to Portsmouth Harbour from Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight, UK, passing the outbound ferry St Faith at the entrance to the Swash Channel. Wikipedia editors are reminded that the copyright remains with the photographer, and that the terms of the Creative Commons (CC), Attribution (BY), Share Alike (SA) CC-BY-SA-3.0 that allow editors to reuse this image apply to Wikipedia editors also, as they do to other re-users of this image. Breaches of the licence terms are not only unlawful, but are also antisocial, in that breaches discourage photographers from making their images freely available to everyone without payment. Wikipedia re-users are also reminded of the license terms that derivatives of this image should not imply that the adaptation is endorsed or approved by the author or copyright holder. Neither should derivatives be presented as the creation of the author or copyright holder, while clearly stating that the adaptation is a derivative of the original. Attribution online should be in this format Brian Burnell. On the printed page, a simpler form is acceptable - example: "Image: Brian Burnell".
context_page_description: Wightlink is a ferry company operating routes across The Solent between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in southern England. It operates car ferries between Lymington and Yarmouth, and Portsmouth and Fishbourne and a fast passenger-only catamaran between Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier. It is owned by Basalt Infrastructure Partners and Fiera Infrastructure.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: St Helen in foreground, and St Faith, 2013
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