Cromarty Rose
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NameCromarty Rose
Owner
- Seaboard Marine (Nigg) Ltd
- since 2001: Cromarty Ferry Company
Builder
 MV Cromarty Rose arriving at Nigg | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Cromarty Rose |
| Owner |
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| Route | 1987-2009 summers: Nigg - Cromarty |
| Builder | |
| Yard number | 439 |
| Launched | 1986 |
| Identification | MMSI 235076973 |
| Status | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | ro-ro vehicle ferry |
| Tonnage | 28 GT; 11 NT |
| Length | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Beam | 19.7 ft (6.0 m) |
| Decks | 1 |
| Ramps | bow |
| Installed power | Twin diesels 2 × M6cy 254bhp |
| Propulsion | 2scr |
| Speed | 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) |
| Capacity | 50 passengers; 2 cars |
| Crew | 2 |
MV Cromarty Rose was the vehicle ferry serving the Nigg-Cromarty route across the Cromarty Firth, providing a summer only service from 1987 to 2009.
MV Cromarty Rose was one of the smallest car ferries in the UK,[2] and the only ferry serving the Black Isle, crossing the Cromarty Firth between Nigg and Cromarty. She is a 50-passenger, 2 car vessel built in 1987 in Ardrossan, Scotland for Seaboard Marine (Nigg) Ltd who operated the Cromarty-Nigg service until 2001. After a tendering process, the contract passed to the Cromarty Ferry Company, who purchased the Cromarty Rose from her previous owners.[1]