MV ''Wight Sun'' is an

Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight (Help:IPA/English, /waɪt/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''WYTE'') is an island off the south coast of England which, together with its surrounding uninhabited islets and Skerry, skerries, is also a ceremonial county. T ...

ferry A ferry is a boat or ship that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A small passenger ferry with multiple stops, like those in Venice, Italy, is sometimes referred to as a water taxi or water bus ...

built in 2008 for the British company

Wightlink Wightlink is a ferry company operating routes across The Solent between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in the south of England. It operates Roll-on/roll-off, car ferries between Lymington and Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Yarmouth, and Portsmouth a ...

History

''Wight Sun'' was built at the Brodogradiliste

Kraljevica Kraljevica (known as ''Porto Re'' in Italian and literally translated as "King's cove" in English) is a town in the Kvarner region of western Croatia, located between Rijeka and Crikvenica, approximately thirty kilometers from Opatija and near ...

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and launched on 29 June 2008. After fitting out, she sailed the 3,071 miles to

Lymington Lymington is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest (district), New Forest district of Hampshire, England. The town faces Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to which there is a Roll-on/roll-off, car ferry s ...

in March/April 2009 and entered service with Wightlink in spring 2009.

Service

''Wight Sun'' joined the ''Wight''-class fleet on the Yarmouth and

service. Her two sisters, '' Wight Light'' and '' Wight Sky'' entered service on 25 February 2009. In July 2015, she was transferred to the Portsmouth to Fishbourne route as a relief ferry. ''Wight Light'', which was the relief ferry after '' St Helen'' was withdrawn, transferred back to the Lymington to Yarmouth route in its place.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wight Sun Ships of Wightlink 2008 ships