MV Finlaggan

Arriving in Port Askaig, Islay, May 2019.
History
United Kingdom
Name
NamesakeFinlaggan
OwnerCaledonian Maritime Assets Limited
OperatorCaledonian MacBrayne
Port of registryGlasgow
RouteKennacraig - Islay
Ordered2007
BuilderRemontowa, Gdansk, Poland
Cost£25 million[3]
Launched30 June 2010
Completed2011
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
TypeRo-Ro vehicle and passenger ferry
Tonnage
Length89.8 m (295 ft)
Beam16.3 m (53 ft)
Draught3.4 m (11 ft)
Deck clearance5.05 m (16.6 ft)
Installed power2 × Wärtsilä 8L32 (2 × 4,000 kW at 750 rpm)
Propulsion
  • 2x Controllable Pitch Propellors
  • 2x Bow Thrusters
Speed
  • 16.3 knots (30.2 km/h; 18.8 mph) (trials)
  • Consumption at Service Speed: 1240 Litres per hour
Capacity
  • 550 passengers
  • 85 cars
  • 10 HGVs
Crew34
Notes[5]

MV Finlaggan (Scottish Gaelic: Fionnlagan) is a drive-through vehicle and passenger ferry built in Poland for Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited. From 2011, she has been operated by Caledonian MacBrayne on the Islay service from Kennacraig.

  1. ^ a b "MV Finlaggan". Ship AIS. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  2. ^ "MV Finlaggan". Caledonian MacBrayne. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference issuu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "MV Finlaggan". Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  5. ^ "MV Finlaggan Information Leaflet" (PDF). Caledonian MacBrayne. Retrieved 29 May 2011.