Main The Fleet Muirneag
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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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