MV Sound of Scarba
Appearance
![]() After leaving McInroy’s Point terminal, near Gourock (2009)
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History | |
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Name | MV Sound of Scarba |
Operator | Western Ferries |
Route | Gourock to Dunoon |
Builder | Ferguson Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow, Scotland |
Yard number | 710 |
Acquired | 2001 |
Identification |
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Status | in service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Passenger/vehicle ferry |
Type | roll-on/roll-off ferry |
Tonnage | 211 DWT |
Length | 50 m (164.0 ft) |
Beam | 15 m (49.2 ft) |
Draught | 2.5 m |
Ramps | 2 |
Installed power | Cummins KTA19M3 |
Propulsion | CRP units, by Rolls-Royce Aquamaster |
Capacity | Cars: 45 |
Crew | 4 |
MV Sound of Scarba is a car and passenger ferry, operated by Western Ferries on the River Clyde between Gourock and Dunoon, Scotland[2]
History
[edit]Sound of Scarba was built by Ferguson Shipbuilders of Port Glasgow, Scotland at a reported cost of £2.5 million. She was launched on 12 March 2001 by employee Laura Meade and entered service on 4 May 2001.
Layout
[edit]Sound of Scarba has a single car deck with bow and stern ramps, and a passenger lounge.
Service
[edit]Sound of Scarba operates Western Ferries' Clyde service between McInroy's Point (Gourock) and Hunters Quay (Dunoon).
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Sound of Scarba". digital-seas.com. August 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "Western Ferries Fleet". Western Ferries website. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
External links
[edit] Media related to Sound of Scarba (ship, 2001) at Wikimedia Commons