MS Clipper Ranger

Clipper Ranger passing Arnish lighthouse near Stornoway on 19 September 2013
History
Name
  • Dart 7 (January 1999)
  • Lembitu (September 1999)
  • Celtic Sun (March 2000)
  • Lembitu (October 2001)
  • RR Challenge (April 2005)
  • Challenge (October 2007)
  • Clipper Ranger (June 2008)
  • CTMA Voyaguer 2 (December 2019-Present)
Owner
Operator
Port of registry
Route
Ordered20 September 1994[1]
BuilderAstilleros de Huelva, Huelva, Spain[1]
Yard number570[1]
Laid down13 May 1996[1]
Launched21 June 1997[1]
Completed4 April 1998[1]
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class and typeR Class
Tonnage
Length122.32 m (401 ft 4 in)[1]
Beam19.80 m (65 ft 0 in)[1]
Draught6.21 m (20 ft 4 in)[1]
Installed power7,400 kilowatts (9,900 hp) total
Propulsion
  • Main: 2 x 9 cylinder Wärtsilä 9R32 diesel engines.
  • Auxiliary: 2 x 600 kilowatts (800 hp) Wärtsilä engines.
  • 600 kilowatts (800 hp) Ulstein bow thruster
Speed17 knots (31 km/h)
Capacity12 passengers, 88 trailers
Crew20

MV CTMA Voyaguer 2 is a freight ferry built in 1998, owned and operated by Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien (CTMA) on the Souris to Cap-aux-Meules route.

She was owned by Seatruck Ferries from 2005 to 2019. In September 2013, she was chartered to Caledonian MacBrayne for the freight service between Ullapool and Stornoway. In 2019 she was chartered then bought by CTMA and transferred across the Atlantic to Canada.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Clipper Ranger (19014)". Vessel Register for DNV. DNV. Retrieved 17 December 2013.