Carvoria
Gaelic Name:
Carvoria
Current Status:
Type:
Callsign:
In current service with CalMac
Steel MV
IMO:
MMSI:
Launched:
Acquired:
0
14th August 2017
-
5th September 2017
Entered Service:
Disposed:
Details
Ordered By:
Cost:
Registered:
Launched by:
Named after:
Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL)
£200,000
Glasgow
Old Norse name for the island of Kerrera
Dimensions
Length:
12.0m
Draught:
Breadth:
0.55m
4.0m
Gross Tonnage:
7.3
Technical
Builders:
Malakoff Ltd, Lerwick, Shetland
Yard No:
515
Engine Builders:
Honda
Machinery:
2 x Honda 80hp long-stroke outboards
Speed:
10.5
Hoist & Lifts:
Remarks:
Carvoria is the smallers ship operating on the CalMac network and is the only one to be powered with twin outboard motors.
Capacities
Passengers:
Cars:
Crew:
Lifeboats:
12
2
2
Inflatable liferafts
Facilities
Route Timeline
2017 - present: Gallanach - Kerrera
Current, Last or Usual Route
History
The small landing craft was built for CMAL to coincide with their takeover of the small crossing to Kerrera on the 1st July 2017. For the previous 22 years the route was operated by local man Duncan MacEachen, who since 1999 had used the landing craft Gylen Lady on the route. Carvoria is built along similar lines with a slightly increased cargo capacity.
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