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Loch Dunvegan entered service at Kyle of Lochalsh on 13 May 1991, displacing MV Lochalsh.Even at this time, it was known that the Skye Bridge was coming. On 16 October 1995, Loch Dunvegan and Loch Fyne, dressed with flags, gave the last-ever car ferry runs across this narrow stretch of water.
The following day, the ferry sailed to Kyleakin to offload her vehicles. The damaged ramp was lifted and welded shut to allow her to give single-ramped assistance over the festive season. Service was provided by the relief vessel, MV Isle of Cumbrae until MV Kyleakin returned from overhaul. Lochalsh sailed to Stornoway for refit on 6 January ...
Since Skye is nicknamed the Misty Isle, my preconceptions - having never been to Scotland, let alone a Scottish isle – of arriving to a vague mixture of rain, fog, deep-fried things, brutal ...
Since 2011, when the Gourock to Dunoon service (operated by Argyll Ferries until 2019) became passenger-only, Coruisk relieves at Rothesay and provides support on the Dunoon crossing. [ 6 ] From March 2016 until July 2022, Coruisk was the second ferry on the Oban – Craignure route on the summer timetable, alongside MV Isle of Mull . [ 7 ]
During November and December, due to a technical issue with MV Loch Portain, Alfred provided a service between Tarbert and Lochmaddy. [27] She then partnered Isle of Arran on the Arran service during Caledonian Isles ' overhaul. In July 2024, it was announced that the charter had been extended for a further six months until March 2025. [28]
MV Clansman was the second of a trio of hoist-loading car ferries built for David MacBrayne Ltd in 1964 and operated on the Mallaig to Armadale, Skye route for ten years. Converted to ro-ro operation, she operated on the Stornoway, Isle of Mull and Arran services. Underpowered and troubled by mechanical breakdowns, she was taken out of service ...
Kyleakin and her sister MV Lochalsh replaced a fleet of small vessels at Skye in 1970/71. [2] Traffic continued to increase. New ferries were ordered in February 1990 from Ferguson Shipbuilders at Port Glasgow. From 28 April 1991, CalMac instituted a year-round 24-hour service. [2] Kyleakin was displaced by the new MV Loch Fyne on 12 September ...
MV Glenachulish is a ferry operating a summer service between Glenelg, on the Scottish mainland, and Kylerhea, on the Isle of Skye. Built in 1969, she is the last manually operated steel turntable ferry in the world. [1] [2] [3] The route avoids the 36-mile (58 km) road journey via the Skye Bridge.