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)
“They ... fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Believe me, if all those endearing young charms,
Which I gaze on so fondly today,
Were to change by tomorrow, and fleet in my arms,
Like fairy-gifts fading away.”
—Thomas Moore (1779–1852)