MV Loch Riddon
 MV Loch Riddon at Largs | |
| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: |
MV Loch Riddon |
| Namesake: | Loch Riddon, to the north of Bute |
| Operator: | Caledonian MacBrayne |
| Port of registry: | Glasgow |
| Route: | Largs – Great Cumbrae |
| Builder: | R.Dunston, Hessle, North Humberside[1] |
| Yard number: | 954 |
| Launched: | 9 April 1986 |
| In service: | 7 November 1986 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 8519875[2] Callsign: MFNN7 |
| Status: | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | ro-ro vehicle ferry |
| Tonnage: | 206 GRT; 65 metric tons deadweight (DWT)[3] |
| Length: | 30.2 metres (99.1 ft)[1] |
| Beam: | 10 metres (32.8 ft)[1] |
| Draught: | 1.5m |
| Installed power: | 6-cyl Volvo Penta |
| Propulsion: | 2x Voith Schneider Propellers |
| Speed: | 9 knots |
| Capacity: | 200 passengers and 12 cars |
| Crew: | 3 |
MV Loch Riddon is a Caledonian MacBrayne ro-ro car ferry, built in 1986. After eleven years in the Kyles of Bute, she has been at Largs since 1997.
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History
MV Loch Riddon was the third 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 are based on the design of MV Isle of Cumbrae.[4] They have a second passenger lounge, on the port side, reducing the capacity of the car deck to 12.[4] The wheelhouse is painted red and given a black top, as she has no funnels as such.[4]
Service
MV Loch Riddon took up the Kyles of Bute crossing, between Colintraive and Rhubodach in November 1986, replacing the ex-Skye ferries, MV Portree and MV Broadford. She spent 11 years rarely venturing from this crossing.[4]
In 1997 Loch Riddon replaced her sister, MV Loch Striven at Largs.[4]
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]]Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "MV Loch Riddon". CalMac. http://www.calmac.co.uk/mv_loch_riddon. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ↑ "Ships Index: L6". World Shipping Register. http://e-ships.net/index/L6.shtml. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ↑ "Loch Riddon". Ships of Calmac. http://www.shipsofcalmac.net/profile_loch_riddon.asp. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Loch Riddon - History". Ships of Calmac. http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/h_loch_riddon.asp. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
