MV Coruisk
| MV Coruisk approaching Wemyss Bay MV Coruisk approaching Wemyss Bay | |
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|---|---|
| Name: |
MV Coruisk Scottish Gaelic: Coir 'Uisg |
| Namesake: | Loch Coruisk in the heart of the Cuillin of Skye |
| Owner: | Caledonian MacBrayne |
| Port of registry: | Glasgow |
| Route: | Rothesay to Wemyss Bay reliefs in winter |
| Builder: | Appledore Shipbuilders, Bideford, Devon[1] |
| Cost: | £ |
| Yard number: | 190 |
| Launched: | 2003[2] |
| Completed: | 2003 |
| In service: | 14 August 2003 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9274836[3] Callsign: VQKF2 |
| Status: | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | ro-ro vehicle ferry |
| Tonnage: | 250 DWT[4] |
| Length: | 65 metres (213 ft)[1] |
| Beam: | 14 metres (46 ft)[1] |
| Draft: | 3.05m |
| Installed power: | Machinery: 6M20 each rated at 1000kW @ 1000 rpm |
| Propulsion: | Two Schottel Rudder Propellers type SPT 1010 |
| Speed: | 14 knots |
| Capacity: | 249 passengers and 40 cars |
MV Coruisk is a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry built in 2003 and operating on the west coast of Scotland.
Contents
History
Following her launch at Appledore's in early 2003, MV Coruisk left on her delivery voyage on 2 August. She carried out berthing trials on the Clyde, before taking over the Mallaig - Armadale route on 14 August. She was officially named at Armadale by Baroness Michie at a special ceremony.[2]
Initial technical problems required MV Pioneer to resume the service for some time. On 24 August, Coruisk lost power and struck a reef at Mallaig harbour entrance, losing one of her propulsion units. She went to the Clyde for repairs and did not return to Mallaig that season. The following winter season at Dunoon, was only slightly more successful, with slow berthing and many passenger complaints.[2] Subsequent seasons have been less eventful. A temporary modification is made for the winter seasons to accommodate the gangways at Wemyss Bay and Rothesay.
Layout
MV Coruisk's design is unique.[2] As well as bow and stern ramps, allowing drive-through operation, she also has a port side ramp, allowing side-loading on the Clyde in winter months. The bow ramp is protected by an open visor, similar to those found on Orkney and Shetland inter-island ferries. Clearance on the car deck is 5.1m.[2]
Above the car deck are two passenger decks, one containing the main lounge areas with toilets and a small shop/kiosk. A small external deck area on the same level, both fore and aft of the lounges, has stairways leading to the open deck above. Crew accommodation is on the upper deck. Sitting even further up, the bridge gives the master a view down over bow and stern.
Schottel azi-pod propulsion system incorporate rotating pods protruding beneath the hull, with two propellers on each. Although similar to Voith Schneider units, the vessel proved much harder to control and manoeuvre.
Service
MV Coruisk provides the Mallaig - Armadale service in summer. She relieves at Gourock and Rothesay in the winters, while MV Lochnevis adds Armadale to her Small Isles roster.
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]]Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "MV Coruisk". CalMac. http://www.calmac.co.uk/mv_coruisk.html. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "History of Coruisk". Ships of Calmac. http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/h_coruisk_iii.asp. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
- ↑ "Ships Index: C13". World Shipping Register. http://e-ships.net/index/C13.shtml. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
- ↑ "Coruisk". Ships of Calmac. http://www.shipsofcalmac.net/profile_coruisk1.asp. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
