HSC Our Lady Pamela

History
United Kingdom
Name	HSC Our Lady Pamela
Operator	Wightlink
Route	Ryde to Portsmouth
Builder	Incat, Tasmania, Australia
Yard number	021
Launched	14 June 1986
In service	1986
Out of service	2008
Identification	IMO number: 8508931
Fate	Scrapped April 2010
General characteristics
Tonnage	312 gt
Length	29.5 m
Beam	11.8 m
Draught	2.20m
Installed power	2x 1950bhp
Propulsion	2x 16-cyl MTU 16V396 diesels
Speed	29.4 knots (54.4 km/h; 33.8 mph)
Capacity	395 passengers
Crew	4-5
Notes	[1]

HSC Our Lady Pamela was a high-speed catamaran ferry which operated between the Isle of Wight and mainland England. She had operated on the Wightlink Ryde Pier to Portsmouth route since 1986 under Sealink along with her now scrapped sister ship HSC Our Lady Patricia. Both ships were named after the daughters of Lord Mountbatten, who had been the Governor of the Isle of Wight.

In March 2009, it was announced that Wightlink would be replacing its FastCat catamarans with two new vessels, Wight Ryder I and Wight Ryder II.^[2] Our Lady Pamela was, however, taken out of service earlier than the two other vessels, FastCat Ryde and FastCat Shanklin. This was partly due to an engine fire causing significant damage.

She was scrapped at Esbjerg in April 2010.^[3]