THE FLEET - Kyleakin Main The Fleet Kyleakin
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VESSEL DETAILS:
Type: Steel DSMV Ordered By: Caledonian Steam Packet Co Built: 1970 Cost: £110,000.00 Acquired: See below Launched: TBC Entered Service: 14th August 1970 Disposed: 1991
DIMENSIONS:
Length: 112' Breadth: 42' Draught: 7' 8" Gross Tonnage: 225
CARRYING CAPACITIES:
Passengers: 200 Cars: 28 Crew: 4 Lifeboats: 1 inflatable launch and inflatable liferafts
TECHNICAL DETAILS:
Builders: Newport Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Yard No: TBC Engine Builders: Gardner Engines Ltd., Manchester. Machinery: 2 Oil 4SCSA 8 cyl. 5 1/2” x 7 3/4”. 2 Voith-Schneider propellers. Hoist & Lifts: N/A
ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
Speed: 8 kts Callsign: TBC Registered: Glasgow Launched by: TBC Named after: One of her home terminals Gaelic Name: N/A
REMARKS:
Kyleakin's "launch" was a low key affair, she was floated out of the building dock without ceremony on Friday 24th July 1970 & left Newport a week later under tow of the Clyde tug Campaigner. Wrestler towed her from Greenock to Kyle
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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