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Loch Shira departing from Largs to Cumbrae
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 No: 6415   Contributor: Peter Langsdale   Year: 2008   Manufacturer: Ferguson, Port Glasgow   Country: United Kingdom
Loch Shira departing from Largs to Cumbrae

Photographed on 23 July 2008.
Type: Steel DSMV, Ordered By: Caledonian MacBrayne, Built: 2007, Cost: £5,800,000
Launched: 12/8/2006, Entered Service: 02/06/2007
DIMENSIONS:
Length: 54.27 m, Breadth: 13.90 m, Draught: 1.8m, Gross tonnage: 230
CAPACITIES:
Passengers: 250, Cars: 36.
TECHNICAL:
Builders: Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd, Port Glasgow, Yard No: 721
Main Engines: Caterpillar 2 x 559 bkW at 1800 rpm
Auxiliary Generators: Cummins/Stamford, 113 Kw.
Propulsion Units: Voith 16 R5 rated at 540 Kw at 625 rpm
Speed: 10 kts, Callsign: MQPQ9, Registered: Glasgow
Named after a small arm off Loch Fyne, at the foot of Glen Shira
Gaelic Name: Loch Siora
Picture added on 26 July 2008
Comments:
It has been announced that CMAL have placed an order at Fergusons for two hybrid/battery operated ferries for the Hebrides , it's a joy to hear that Calmac have stayed local for their future new-builds.

Added by Dave Forbes on 03 November 2011.
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