| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: |
MV Lochearn |
| Namesake: | Loch Earn |
| Owner: | David MacBrayne Ltd |
| Port of registry: | Glasgow |
| Route: | Inner Isles mail steamer from Oban |
| Builder: |
Ardrossan Dockyard[1] |
| Yard number: | 348 |
| Launched: | 29 April 1930 |
| Out of service: | 1964 |
| Fate: | scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Vessel |
| Tonnage: | 542 GT (gross tonnage) |
| Length: | 162 ft (49 m)[1] |
| Beam: | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Installed power: | 2 oil 4SA each 12cy 660bhp |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
MV Lochearn was the David MacBrayne Ltd mail steamer serving Barra and South Uist from Oban between 1930 and 1955. She became the Sound of Mull mail steamer until 1964, when she was superseded by a new generation of car ferry.
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MV Lochearn and her sister MV Lochmor were built by Ardrossan Dockyard. She was launched on 29 April 1930.[2]
With the introduction of the 1964 hoist-loading car ferries, Hebrides, Clansman and Columba, Lochearn became redundant.[3] She and her sister Lochmor were sold to Greek owners on 26 August 1964 and left Scotland for service in the Greek Islands.[4] In Greece, she was converted to a private motor yacht.[5] It is believed she was broken up in January 1975.
Lochearn was a cargo and passenger boat, with cabins for 22 passengers.[6] Vehicles were loaded, along with other cargo, using crane and sling.[7]
Lochearn was a mail steamer, serving Tobermory, Coll, Tiree, Barra and South Uist[8] until 1955 when she was replaced by MV Claymore.[9] From 1955 to 1964, she sailed from Tobermory to Oban with calls at Salen, Lochaline and Craignure.[9]