MV Loch Ranza
 MV Loch Ranza approaching Ardminish | |
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | MV Loch Ranza |
| Namesake: | Lochranza |
| Owner: | Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited |
| Operator: | Caledonian MacBrayne |
| Port of registry: | Glasgow |
| Route: | Tayinloan – Gigha |
| Builder: | R.Dunston, Hessle, North Humberside[1] |
| Yard number: | H955 |
| Launched: | 1987 |
| In service: | 16 April 1987 |
| Identification: |
IMO number: 8519887[2] Callsign: GJGJ |
| Status: | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | ro-ro vehicle ferry |
| Tonnage: | 206 GT 65 DWT[3] |
| Length: | 30.2 m (99.1 ft)[1] |
| Beam: | 10 m (32.8 ft)[1] |
| Draught: | 1.5 m (4.9 ft) |
| Installed power: | 6-cyl Volvo Penta |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Voith Schneider Propellers |
| Speed: | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Capacity: | 200 passengers and 12 cars |
| Crew: | 3 |
MV Loch Ranza is a Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited ro-ro car ferry, operated by Caledonian MacBrayne, serving the island of Gigha.
History
MV Loch Ranza was the last of four drive-through ferries built in the 1980s by Dunston’s of Hessle, to cope with increasing traffic on CalMac's smaller routes.[4]
Layout
The four vessels were based on the design of MV Isle of Cumbrae.[4] They had a second passenger lounge, on the port side, reducing the capacity of the car deck.[4]
Service
MV Loch Ranza replaced MV Rhum on the Lochranza – Claonaig crossing in April 1987. After only 5 years, she was replaced by the larger MV Loch Tarbert. Loch Ranza moved to the Tayinloan – Gigha crossing in July 1992, where she has remained since.[4]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "MV Loch Ranza". CalMac. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ↑ "Ships Index: L6". World Shipping Register. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- ↑ "Loch Ranza". Ships of Calmac. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Loch Ranza - History". Ships of Calmac. Retrieved 4 October 2009.