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Sailing from Rothesay to Wemyss Bay, May 2019.
History
United Kingdom
Name
  • MV Bute
  • Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Bhòid [2]
OwnerCaledonian Maritime Assets Limited
OperatorCaledonian MacBrayne
Port of registryGlasgow, United Kingdom
RouteWemyss Bay - Rothesay
Ordered22 March 2004
BuilderRemontowa (Gdańsk, Poland)
Cost£8,500,000[3]
Yard number1333
Launched9 February 2005[1]
Christened
  • 1 July 2005
  • by Mrs Marjorie Bulloch
Maiden voyage11 July 2005
Identification
  • IMO number: 9319741
  • MMSI number: 235025112
  • Callsign: MHPD8
Statusin service
General characteristics
Class and typeLloyds 100A1 RoRo passenger ferry with Class IV certificate[4]
Tonnage2,612 gt[2]
Length72 m (236 ft 3 in)[2]
Beam15.3 m (50 ft 2 in)
Draft5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Installed power2,660 kW (3,567 bhp) @1000 R.P.M. combined. 1,520 kW (2,038 bhp) from 8M20 and 1,140 kW (1,529 bhp) from 6M20.
Propulsion1x MAK 8M20 + 1x MAK 6M20 Engines Burning M.G.O. Driving Schottel twin prop STP 12/12 and STP 10/10 through TwinDisc MCD slipping clutches.
Speed14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Capacity450 passengers, 60 cars
Crew12

MV Bute (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Bhòid) is a ferry operated by Caledonian MacBrayne, on the route between Wemyss Bay on the Scottish mainland and Rothesay on Bute ('Sea Road to Rothesay').

  1. ^ "MV Argyle". Ships of Calmac. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "MV Bute". CalMac. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ships was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "MV Bute Technical Details". Crew of MV Bute. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2020.

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