MV Loch Linnhe
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MV Loch Linnhe (Scottish Gaelic: An Linne Dhubh) is a Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited ro-ro car ferry, built in 1986 and operated by Caledonian MacBrayne After over ten years at Largs, she was the summer vessel on the Tobermory–Kilchoan crossing from 1999 to 2017.
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MV Loch Linnhe arriving at Kilchoan | |
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United Kingdom | |
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Namesake | Loch Linnhe |
Owner | Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited |
Operator | Caledonian MacBrayne |
Port of registry | Glasgow |
Route | Spare/relief vessel |
Builder | R. Dunston, Hessle, East Riding of Yorkshire[1] |
Yard number | H953 |
Launched | 22 May 1986[2] |
In service | 4 July 1986 |
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Status | in service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | ro-ro vehicle ferry |
Tonnage | |
Length | 30.2 m (99 ft 1 in)[1] |
Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in)[1] |
Draught | 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) |
Installed power | 6-cyl Volvo Penta |
Propulsion | 2 × Voith Schneider Propellers |
Speed | 9 kn (17 km/h) |
Capacity | 200 passengers and 12 cars |
Crew | 3 |
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