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THE FLEET - Loch Tarbert
Main The Fleet Loch Tarbert
Approaching Claonaig with snow on Arran behind Active Fleet Member:
 VESSEL LINKS:
Ship's History
Deck Plans
Past Crew
 CURRENT ROUTE:
Claonaig - Lochranza (Summer) / Tarbert - Lochranza (Winter)

 

 Picture Credit: SoC Collection
 VESSEL DETAILS:
Type: Steel DSMV
Ordered By: Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd
Built: 1992
Cost: TBC
Acquired: See below
Launched: 20th February 1992
Entered Service: 25th July 1992
Disposed: N/A
 DIMENSIONS:
Length: 30.20m.
Breadth: 10.00m
Draught: 1.60m
Gross Tonnage: 211
 CARRYING CAPACITIES:
Passengers: 150
Cars: 18
Crew: 3
Lifeboats: 1 inflatable launch and inflatable liferafts
 TECHNICAL DETAILS:
Builders: J.W.Miller & Sons Ltd. St Monans
Yard No:
1046
Engine Builders: Volvo Penta
Machinery: 6-cyl 2x Voith-Schneider Propellers
Hoist & Lifts: N/A
 ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
Speed: 9 kts
Callsign: MPJT9
Registered: Glasgow
Launched by: Mrs Evelyn Sellars, wife of an Arran-based CalMac director
Named after: A Loch on the Kintyre peninsula
Gaelic Name: Loch an Tairbeirt
 REMARKS:
She featured in the BBC film 'The Missing Postman' starring James Bolam, and made a few runs between Arran and the mainland. Her funnel is a rather large feature rising from the opposite side of her wheelhouse and painted in CalMac livery

 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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