Main The Fleet Loch Dunvegan
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VESSEL DETAILS:
Type: Steel DSMV Ordered By: Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd Built: 1991 Cost: TBC Acquired: See below Launched: 15th March 1991 Entered Service: 13th May 1991 Disposed: N/A
DIMENSIONS:
Length: 54.20m. Breadth: 13.41m Draught: 1.60m Gross Tonnage: 549
CARRYING CAPACITIES:
Passengers: 250 Cars: 36 Crew: 4 Lifeboats: 1 inflatable launch and inflatable liferafts
TECHNICAL DETAILS:
Builders: Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd, Port Glasgow Yard No: 601 Engine Builders: 2 x TAMD 162 4SCSA oil engines, 448 bhp each, driving Voith Schneider propulsion units Machinery: Hoist & Lifts: N/A
ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
Speed: 9 kts Callsign: MNFE3 Registered: Glasgow Launched by: Mrs Marcella Paterson, wife of CalMac's Managing Director Named after: A large sea loch on the Isle of Skye Gaelic Name: Loch Dunbheagan
REMARKS:
Displaced by the infamous and ugly Skye bridge on 16th October 1995 and was reactivated to provide emergency relief at Lochaline in 1997. Became dedicated Kyles of Bute ferry in 1999 and had new ramps fitted in her 2003/4 overhaul. Has also operated the Tarbert - Portavadie and Mallaig - Armadale routes as well as a passenger-only Wemyss Bay - Rothesay service.
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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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