MV Claymore (2018)

History
Name: MV Claymore
Namesake: MV Claymore (1955) and Claymore.
Operator: Caledonian MacBrayne
Port of registry: Glasgow
Route: Uig - Tarbert/Lochmaddy
Builder: FMEL, Port Glasgow, UK
Cost: £97m contract for 2 ferries[1]
Yard number: 802
Status: Under construction
General characteristics
Tonnage: 1,273 DWT[2]
Length: 102.4 m (335 ft 11 in)[2]
Beam: 17 m (55 ft 9 in)[2]
Draught: 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)[2]
Installed power: 2 × Wärtsilä 34DF diesels.[3]
Propulsion:
Speed: 14.5 kn (26.85 km/h)[2]
Capacity: 1000 passengers, 127 cars or 16 HGVs[4]

Hull 802 (possibly MV Claymore) is a dual-fuel car and passenger ferry for Caledonian MacBrayne, currently under construction at Ferguson Marine Engineering in Port Glasgow on the Clyde.

History

A name has not yet been chosen for Hull 802.[5] It is expected that a name will be chosen by public vote in 2018. The name Claymore has been used in media coverage and recalls several previous west coast ferries.

Hull 802 will be the second of two Scottish ferries capable of operating on either marine diesel oil or liquefied natural gas (LNG), with benefits of a marked reduction in carbon dioxide, sulphur and nitrous oxide emissions.[6]

The first steel for both ships was cut on 7 April 2016. The first ship, Glen Sannox was launched on 21 November 2017 by the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.[1]

Service

Hull 802 is expected to be launched in 2018, and is expected to enter service on the Uig Triangle the following year.[7] This will displace MV Hebrides, which will serve the Oban-Craignure ferry crossing in summer 2021, alongside MV Isle of Mull.

References

  1. 1 2 "IN Pictures -- Launch Of Ferry Glen Sannox At Port Glasgow". Inverclyde Now. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Presentation to Arran Ferry Committee Meeting" (PPT). CMAL. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Propulsion Package for Dual-fuel Ferries Awarded to Wartsila". CMAL. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "First Minister Launches UK's First LNG Ferry". CMAL. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "No name for second ferry at Ferguson's yard". Greenock Telegraph. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Dual-Fuel Ferry Presentation". CMAL. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ferry MV Glen Sannox ready for launch at Port Glasgow yard". Greenock Telegraph. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.


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