Are there any songs about, or which mention, this ferry disaster?
MV Princess Victoria (1946)
During a severe European windstorm on 31 January 1953, she sank in the North Channel with the loss of 135 lives. This was then the deadliest maritime disaster in United Kingdom waters since World War II.
https://www.niferry.co.uk/remembering-princess-victoria-disaster-65-years/ (2018)
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/princess-victoria-sinking-1533841
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/princess-victoria-the-disaster-that-sank-from-memory/29011116.html