page_title: North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Company
section_title: Ships
hierarchical_section_title: North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Company / Ships
caption_attribution_description: English: SS Earl of Zetland. Once a ferry that operated between Shetland and Orkney and now a floating restaurant.
context_page_description: The North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Company, which was more usually known as The North of Scotland or The North Company, its full name rarely being used, was a UK shipping company based in Aberdeen, originally formed in 1875 from a merger of older Scottish shipping companies. The company operated most of the ferries from mainland Scotland to Orkney and Shetland, latterly as P&O Scottish Ferries until 2002, when it was replaced by NorthLink Ferries.
context_section_description: ROF Beaver  (1975–87)
  Earl of Zetland (1877–1946)
  Earl of Zetland (1939–75)
  Highlander (1939–40) renamed St. Catherine II 1940
  St. Clair (1868-1937)
  St. Clair (1937–67) renamed St. Magnus 1960
  St. Clair (1960–77)
  St. Clair (1977–92) renamed St. Clair II 1992
  St. Clair (1992–2002)
  St. Clement (1946–76)
  St. Magnus  (1924–60)
  St. Magnus  (1978–89)
  St. Margaret (1913-17)
  St. Ninian (1895–1948)
  St. Ninian (1950–71)
  St. Nicholas (1871–1914)
  St. Ola (1892–1951)
  St. Ola (1892–1974)
  St. Ola (1951–74)
  St. Ola (1974–92)
  St. Ola (1992–2002)
  St. Rognvald (1883–1900)
  St. Rognvald (1901–51)
  St. Rognvald (1955–78)
  St. Rognvald (1989–2002)
  St. Sunniva (1887–1930)
  St. Sunniva (1931–43)
  St. Sunniva (1987–2002)
caption: The former Shetland – Orkney ferry Earl of Zetland, now a floating restaurant
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