MV Eilean Bhearnaraigh
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | MV Eilean Bhearnaraigh |
| Namesake: | Berneray |
| Builder: |
George Brown & Company, Greenock |
| Yard number: | 283 |
| Launched: | 1982 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 68grt 38nrt[1] |
| Length: | 15.90m/55.1ft |
| Beam: | 7.00m/23.0ft |
| Draught: | 1.65m |
| Propulsion: | Twin diesels 2 x M6cy 290bhp 2scr |
| Speed: | 7.3knots on trials 11/10/1982 |
The MV Eilean Bhearnaraigh is a small passenger ferry that formerly ran in the Outer Hebrides. The boat is now owned by the monks of Papa Stronsay, in Orkney.
History
MV Eilean Bhearnaraigh, a small landing craft type ferry, was built for Comhairle nan Eilean Siar in 1982, to provide the first vehicular link between Berneray and Otternish.[2] After the new causeway opened in 1998, she ran as the Eriskay ferry. In 2002 she was bought by the monks of Papa Stronsay, a small island in the Orkney archipelago.[2]
Service
MV Eilean Bhearnaraigh was built for the Berneray crossing, coming into service in 1982.[2] Displaced from there in 1999, by the opening of the causeway, she moved to the Eriskay service, also serving as secondary vessel for the Sound of Barra service.
Since 2002 she has been owned by the monks of Papa Stronsay to service their monastery.[3]
References
- ↑ "MV Eilean Bhearnaraigh". Clydebuilt. http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=15986. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Last Goodbye for Council Ferries". Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. 18 August 2003. http://www.w-isles.gov.uk/press/archive/archive/030818.htm. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
- ↑ "Monks' work continues to develop Golgotha island monastery". The Orcadian. 4 May 2006. http://www.orcadian.co.uk/features/articles/papastronsaymonks.htm. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
