History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | MV Lochnevis |
Namesake | Loch Nevis |
Owner | David MacBrayne Ltd |
Route | Portree mail steamer from Mallaig |
Builder | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton[1] |
Cost | £45,999 |
Yard number | 1273 |
Launched | 15 May 1934 |
In service | 1934 |
Out of service | 1969 |
Homeport | Glasgow |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 1974 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger ferry |
Tonnage | 573 GRT; 217 NRT; 115 DWT |
Length | 178.5 ft (54.4 m) |
Beam | 31.1 ft (9.5 m) |
Draught | 7.5 ft (2.3 m) |
Installed power | 2 x Paxman oil engines, powering 2 electric motors each 525shp |
Speed | 15 kn (service) |
Capacity | 700 passengers |
MV Lochnevis was a MacBrayne mail steamer, built in 1934 for the West Highland service. She was withdrawn in 1969, sold to Dutch owners in 1970 and scrapped in 1974.
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