MV Canna
| 300px MV Canna at Ballycastle | |
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | MV Canna |
| Owner: | Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd |
| Operator: |
previously Caledonian MacBrayne |
| Port of registry: | Glasgow |
| Route: | Ballycastle - Rathlin Island |
| Builder: | James Lamont & Co, Port Glasgow[1] |
| Yard number: | 424 |
| Laid down: | 1975 |
| Launched: | 31 October 1975[2] |
| In service: | 29 January 1976[3] |
| Identification: |
IMO number: |
| Status: | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | Gross tonnage: 69[3] |
| Length: | 22.5 metres (73.8 ft) |
| Beam: | 6.4 metres (21.0 ft) |
| Draught: | 1.4 metres (4.6 ft) |
| Installed power: |
now fitted with 2 x Scania D9 93M35 turbocharged 6 cylinder diesel engines[3] rated at 257 hp at 1,900 rpm[4] |
| Speed: | 8 knots |
| Capacity: | 140 passengers (27 winter[4]) and 6 cars[3] |
| Crew: | 3 |
MV Canna is a car ferry built for Caledonian MacBrayne in 1975 and now operated by Rathlin Island Ferry Ltd on the Ballycastle to Rathlin Island route in Northern Ireland.
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History
MV Canna was the seventh Island Class ferry built for Caledonian MacBrayne. She was re-engined at Timbacraft, Shandon.
In May 2009, MV Canna became the first CMAL (Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd) ship to receive its Inventory of Hazardous Materials (Green Passport).[5][6]
Layout
The eight Island Class ferries, built between 1972 and 1976, were a very simple design, based on World War II landing craft. They had a two-part folding ramp at the bow, an open plan car deck incorporating a small turntable immediately aft and a sheltered area of passenger accommodation at the stern. The wheelhouse was above the passenger accommodation and the main mast above the ramp at the bow. A radar mast sat on top of the bridge, just forward of the small funnel and engine exhaust.[7]
Service
MV Canna entered service on the Raasay route in January 1976, initially from Portree, but this soon changed to a shorter crossing from Sconser.[8] After only 3 months she was moved to the Lochaline crossing to Mull, where she remained for the next ten years.[8] In 1986 MV Loch Linnhe and then the larger MV Isle of Cumbrae replaced Canna.[8]
After two years as spare vessel, Canna spent seven years crossing between Kyles Scalpay on Harris and the slipway on Scalpay - a crossing of just three minutes. In April 1997 she took over the Ballycastle - Rathlin crossing in Northern Ireland,[9] initially operated by Calmac. In 2008 Rathlin Island Ferry Ltd took over the service, leasing the vessel from Caledonian Maritime Assets.[10]
Footnotes
- ↑ "MV Canna". Clydebuilt. http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=16269. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ "MV Canna". Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd. http://www.cmassets.co.uk/MVCanna.html. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "MV Canna". Ships of Calmac. http://www.shipsofcalmac.net/profile_canna.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Review of Certain Subsidised Ferry Services to the Islands" (DOC). Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. http://www.pobail.ie/en/Islands/file,4155,en.doc. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ "A green first". Lloyds Register. 2 June 2009. http://www.lr.org/Industries/Marine/News/PR2109+CMAL+green+passport.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ "News:Green Passport". Caledonian Maritime Assets. 12 June 2009. http://www.cmassets.co.uk/news.html. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ "Island Class Vessels". Ships of Calmac. http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/ff_island_class.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "History of MV Canna". Ships of Calmac. http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/h_canna.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ "History of MV Bruernish". Ships of Calmac. http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/h_bruernish.asp. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ "Improved service for Rathlin ferry will half travel time". Northern Ireland Executive. 21 April 2008. http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/news/news-drd/news-drd-april-2008/news-drd-210408-improved-service-for.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
