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Main The Fleet Kyleakin
Loading at Kyle of Lochalsh Active Fleet Member:
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Ship's History
Past Crew
 LAST REGULAR ROUTE:
Kyle of Lochalsh - Kyleakin

 

 Picture Credit: TBC
 VESSEL DETAILS:
Type: Steel DSMV
Ordered By: Caledonian Steam Packet Co
Built: 1970
Cost: £110,000.00
Acquired: See below
Launched: TBC
Entered Service: 14th August 1970
Disposed: 1991
 DIMENSIONS:
Length: 112'
Breadth: 42'
Draught: 7' 8"
Gross Tonnage: 225
 CARRYING CAPACITIES:
Passengers: 200
Cars: 28
Crew: 4
Lifeboats: 1 inflatable launch and inflatable liferafts
 TECHNICAL DETAILS:
Builders: Newport Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.
Yard No:
TBC
Engine Builders: Gardner Engines Ltd., Manchester.
Machinery: 2 Oil 4SCSA 8 cyl. 5 1/2” x 7 3/4”. 2 Voith-Schneider propellers.
Hoist & Lifts: N/A
 ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
Speed: 8 kts
Callsign: TBC
Registered: Glasgow
Launched by: TBC
Named after: One of her home terminals
Gaelic Name: N/A
 REMARKS:
Kyleakin's "launch" was a low key affair, she was floated out of the building dock without ceremony on Friday 24th July 1970 & left Newport a week later under tow of the Clyde tug Campaigner. Wrestler towed her from Greenock to Kyle

 SoC Links:
To see a more detailed description and some photos of the islands this vessel serves or has served, visit Undiscovered Scotland and follow their links.


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