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THE FLEET - Canna
Main The Fleet Canna
Passing Kerrera Active CalMac Fleet Member:
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 CURRENT ROUTE:
Ballycastle - Rathlin (On Charter)

 

 Picture Credit: SoC Collection
 VESSEL DETAILS:
Type: Steel DSMV
Ordered By: Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd
Built: 1975
Cost: TBC
Acquired: See below
Launched: 31st October 1975
Entered Service: 29th January 1976
Disposed: N/A
 DIMENSIONS:
Length: 22.50m.
Breadth: 6.40m
Draught: 1.40m
Gross Tonnage: 69
 CARRYING CAPACITIES:
Passengers: 140
Cars: 6
Crew: 3
Lifeboats: 1 inflatable launch and inflatable liferafts
 TECHNICAL DETAILS:
Builders: James Lamont & Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow.
Yard No:
424
Engine Builders: Bergius Kelvin Co. Ltd., Glasgow.
Machinery: Re-engined at Shandon and now fitted with 2 x Scania D9 93M35 turbocharged 6 cylinder diesels
Hoist & Lifts: N/A
 ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
Speed: 8 kts
Callsign: 21AE
Registered: Glasgow
Launched by:
Named after: The most remote of the Small Isles
Gaelic Name: Eilean Channaigh
 REMARKS:
CalMac's only vessel to have been regularly operating outside Scottish waters. She was chartered from CMAL to the new Rathlin operators from 1st July 2008 after CalMac lost the contract for that route.

 SoC Links:
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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