Clipper Ranger passing Arnish lighthouse near Stornoway on 19 September 2013
History
Name
Dart 7 (January 1999)
Lembitu (September 1999)
Celtic Sun (March 2000)
Lembitu (October 2001)
RR Challenge (April 2005)
Challenge (October 2007)
Clipper Ranger (June 2008)
CTMA Voyaguer 2 (December 2019-Present)
Owner
Until 2019: Challenge Shipping Co.
December 2019 - present: Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien (CTMA)
Operator
Until 2019: Seatruck Ferries
2013 - 2015: CalMac (Charter)
July 2019 - December 2019: Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien (CTMA) (Charter)
December 2019 - present: Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien (CTMA)
Port of registry
1998–2005: Tallinn, Estonia
2005–2013: Valletta, Malta
2013-2019: Douglas, Isle of Man
2019- present: Cap-aux-Meules, Canada
Route
until late 2012: Heysham–Belfast route
2013-2015: Stornoway–Ullapool route
Late 2015-2019: Heysham–Belfast route
July 2019: Souris–Cap-aux-Meules route, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada
Ordered
20 September 1994[1]
Builder
Astilleros de Huelva, Huelva, Spain[1]
Yard number
570[1]
Laid down
13 May 1996[1]
Launched
21 June 1997[1]
Completed
4 April 1998[1]
Identification
Call sign: 2GFG4
IMO number: 9119402
MMSI number: 235096891
Status
In service
General characteristics
Class and type
R Class
Tonnage
7,606 GT[1]
2,282 NT
5,758 DWT[1]
Length
122.32 m (401 ft 4 in)[1]
Beam
19.80 m (65 ft 0 in)[1]
Draught
6.21 m (20 ft 4 in)[1]
Installed power
7,400 kilowatts (9,900 hp) total
Propulsion
Main: 2 x 9 cylinder Wärtsilä 9R32 diesel engines.
Auxiliary: 2 x 600 kilowatts (800 hp) Wärtsilä engines.
600 kilowatts (800 hp) Ulstein bow thruster
Speed
17 knots (31 km/h)
Capacity
12 passengers, 88 trailers
Crew
20
MV CTMA Voyaguer 2 is a freight ferry built in 1998, owned and operated by Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien (CTMA) on the Souris to Cap-aux-Meules route.
She was owned by Seatruck Ferries from 2005 to 2019. In September 2013, she was chartered to Caledonian MacBrayne for the freight service between Ullapool and Stornoway. In 2019 she was chartered then bought by CTMA and transferred across the Atlantic to Canada.
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