Fleet
There are currently 9 diesel-electric ferries in the fleet, together with a tug.
Over the years, the fleet has included:
| Name | IMO | Reg | Year Built |
Builder | Seats | Notes | Image (green and white livery) | Image (other colors) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning Star (曉星號) | 1888 | English built steamboat | app 100 | The first "Star" Ferry | ||||
| Night/Evening Star | 1888 | English built steamboat | 100 | The second "Star" Ferry | ||||
| Northern Star | c. 1900 | Sunk 1941 | ||||||
| Southern Star | c. 1900 | |||||||
| Polar Star | c. 1901 | |||||||
| Rising Star | c. 1901 | 100 | ||||||
| Guiding Star | c. 1901 | 100 | ||||||
| Electric Star | 1933 | Diesel boat; Sunk 1941 | ||||||
| Golden Star | 1933? | Diesel boat; sunk in Canton River by American forces 1943 | ||||||
| Celestial Star (天星號) | 8951360 | A2071 | 1956 | Hong Kong & Whampoa Shipyard | 576 | currently the oldest vessel in service | ||
| Radiant Star (Chinese name not known) | 1956 | likely Hong Kong & Whampoa Shipyard | Featured in the film The World of Suzie Wong | |||||
| Meridian Star (午星號) | 5232725 | A2671 | 1958 | Hong Kong & Whampoa Shipyard | 576 | |||
| Solar Star (日星號) | 5333335 | A2681 | 1958 | Hong Kong & Whampoa Shipyard | 576 | |||
| Northern Star (北星號) | 8951372 | A2971 | 1959 | Hong Kong & Whampoa Shipyard | 576 | |||
| Night Star (夜星號) | 8891091 | A3136 | 1963 | Hong Kong & Whampoa Shipyard | 576 | named for original Kowloon Ferry Company's Night Star | ||
| Day Star (晨星號) | 8891120 | A4041 | 1964 | Hong Kong & Whampoa Shipyard | 576 | |||
| Shining Star (輝星號) | 8891118 | A3841 | 1964 | Hong Kong & Whampoa Shipyard | 576 | now used for the Star Ferry Harbour Tour (top sections were opened up); reproduction of 3rd generation ferries c. 1920s | ||
| Twinkling Star (熒星號) | 8891132 | A2961 | 1964 | Hong Kong & Whampoa Shipyard | 576 | |||
| Morning Star (曉星號) | 8891144 | A2801 | 1965 | Hong Kong & Whampoa Shipyard | 576 | named for original Kowloon Ferry Company's Morning Star | ||
| Silver Star (銀星號) | 8891156 | A4241 | 1965 | Hong Kong & Whampoa Shipyard | 576 | |||
| Golden Star (金星號) | 8951384 | A5153 | 1989 | Wang Tak Engineering & Shipbuilding Ltd | 762 | |||
| World Star (世星號) | 8890968 | A5243 | 1989 | Wang Tak Engineering & Shipbuilding Ltd | 762 | |||
| Glowing Star (耀星號) | Hong Kong Shipyard | 288 | ex-British Army vessel rented by Star Ferry between 2001 and 2005 | |||||
| Kowloon | tug boat | |||||||
| Lady Star | 8624527 | 1971 | In fleet from 1988 to 1994 |
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Famous quotes containing the word fleet:
“A city on th’ inconstant billows dancing;
For so appears this fleet majestical.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“On the middle of that quiet floor
sits a fleet of small black ships,
square-rigged, sails furled, motionless,
their spars like burned matchsticks.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
“They ... fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)