MV Scalpay
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- MV Scalpay
- MV Lochalsh (II)
- Caledonian Steam Packet Company
- David MacBrayne
- Ardmaleish Boat Building Co.
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Scalpay / Lochalsh |
| Owner |
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| Port of registry | Glasgow |
| Route |
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| Builder | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, Troon Engines: Gleniffer Engines Ltd., Glasgow |
| Yard number | 499 |
| In service | April 1957 |
| Notes | [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | side-loading turntable ferry |
| Tonnage | 64 GT |
| Length | 75.7 ft (23.1 m) |
| Beam | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Draught | 6.1 ft (1.9 m) |
| Installed power | 2 Oil 4 SCSA 4 cyl 6” x 7” |
| Speed | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Capacity | 100 passengers and 6 cars |
| Crew | 3 |
| Notes | [1] |
MV Lochalsh was a side-loading turntable ferry, built in 1957 for the Caledonian Steam Packet Company for the Kyle of Lochalsh - Skye crossing. Superseded by larger, drive-through vessels, she was renamed MV Scalpay and moved to Scalpay where she served until 1977.
MV Lochalsh was built in 1957 for the Kyle of Lochalsh to Kyleakin crossing, replacing an earlier vessel of that name.[1] She served there with other side-loaders until the arrival of the new drive-through vessels, Lochalsh and Kyleakin in 1970/71.
Renamed MV Scalpay, ownership passed to David MacBrayne, although she was operated by the MacSween family. She remained in MacBrayne ownership, not transferring to Caledonian MacBrayne Holdings Ltd. in 1973.[1]
Once superseded at Scalpay, she lay at Lochaline until May 1978 when she was towed to Crinan, making her own way through the canal and a further tow to Shandon. In November 1979, she was sold to the Ardmaleish Boat Building Co. of Bute for spares for Largs (ex-Kyleakin). She ended her days as a barge on the Ayrshire coast.[1]