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VESSEL DETAILS:
Type: Steel DSMV Ordered By: Stena Line Built: 1966 (as Stena Baltica) Cost: £600,000.00 Acquired: 1970 by Caledonian steam Packet Co Launched: 1966 Entered Service: 26th May 1970 (for CSP) Disposed: 1987
DIMENSIONS:
Length: 191' 0" Breadth: 40' 1" Draught: 11' 5" Gross Tonnage: 1157
CARRYING CAPACITIES:
Passengers: 650 Cars: 40 Crew: TBC Lifeboats: 4 rigid boats and inflatable liferafts
TECHNICAL DETAILS:
Builders: A/S Langesunds Mek Versted, Langesund, Norway. Yard No: TBC Engine Builders: Masch. Augsburg-Nurnberg, (M.A.N) Augsburg, West Germany. Machinery: 2 Oil 4SCSA 9 cyl. 300 x 450 mm. Hoist & Lifts: N/A
ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
Speed: 14 kts Callsign: TBC Registered: Glasgow Launched by: TBC Named after: The paddle steamer of the same name, withdrawn the previous year Gaelic Name: N/A
REMARKS:
Quickly became a victim of her own success on both the Arran and Mull routes. Only once ventured out across the Minch when taking a special sailing to Lochboisdale.
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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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