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Main The Fleet Muirneag
Entering Stornoway harbour Active Fleet Member:
 VESSEL LINKS:
Ship's History
Deck Plans
Past Crew
 CURRENT ROUTE:
Ullapool - Stornoway (Freight)

 

 Picture Credit: SoC Collection
 VESSEL DETAILS:
Type: Steel DSMV
Ordered By: Caledonian Steam Packet Co
Built: 1979  - ex MERCANDIAN CARRIER / ALIANZA / MERCANDIAN CARRIER II
Cost: £3,200,000.00
Acquired: 2002
Launched: 25th April 1979
Entered Service: September 2002 (in CalMac colours)
Disposed: N/A
 DIMENSIONS:
Length: 105.50m
Breadth: 18.80m
Draught: 5.00m
Gross Tonnage: 3350
 CARRYING CAPACITIES:
Passengers: 12
Cars: 0
Crew: TBC
Lifeboats: 2 rigid boats and inflatable liferafts
 TECHNICAL DETAILS:
Builders: Frederikshavn Værft A/s, Frederikshavn, Danmark
Yard No:
380
Engine Builders: 12-cyl, MaK diesel
Machinery:
Hoist & Lifts:
 ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
Speed: 14 kts
Callsign: TBC
Registered: Glasgow
Launched by: TBC
Named after: 248m mountain in Lewis
Gaelic Name: Muirneag
 REMARKS:
She is not be the first major CalMac vessel to have a fully Gaelic name - Claymore is Gaelic for "big sword".

 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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