MV Argyle

Sailing from Wemyss Bay to Rothesay, May 2019.
History
United Kingdom
Name
OwnerCaledonian Maritime Assets Limited
OperatorCaledonian MacBrayne
Port of registryGlasgow, United Kingdom
RouteWemyss Bay - Rothesay
BuilderRemontowa (Gdańsk, Poland)
Cost£9 million
Launched12 September 2006
Christened
  • 4 May 2007
  • at Rothesay by Mrs Tish Timms, wife of CalMac Chairman Peter Timms
Maiden voyage16 May 2007
Identification
Statusin service
General characteristics
Class and typeRo-ro passenger ferry
Tonnage2,643[1]
Length72 m[2]
Beam15.3 m
Draft3 m
Speed18 kn (33 km/h)
Capacity450 passengers, 60 cars

MV Argyle (Scottish Gaelic: Earra-Ghàidheal) is a ferry operated by Caledonian MacBrayne on the route between Wemyss Bay on the Scottish mainland and Rothesay on the Isle of Bute ('Sea Road to Rothesay'). She is the seventh Clyde ship to have the name Argyle.

  1. ^ a b "MV Argyll". Caledonian MacBrayne. CalMac. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ships was invoked but never defined (see the help page).