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Kenilworth arriving at Gourock pierhead.
MV Kenilworth arriving at Gourock pierhead.
History
United Kingdom
Name
  • MV Hotspur II
  • MV Kenilworth
Namesake
  • Hotspur or Henry Percy
  • Walter Scott novel Kenilworth
Operator
  • 1936 – 1978: Hythe Ferry
  • 1979 – 2009: Clyde Marine Services
Port of registryGreenock
Route
  • 1936 – 1978: Hythe Ferry
  • 1979 – 2007: Gourock – Kilcreggan ferry
BuilderRowhedge Ironworks, Colchester[1]
Out of service1 April 2007
Identification
General characteristics
Displacement67 tons
Length56 ft (17 m)[2]
Beam21 ft (6 m)
Installed power
  • (i) 4L3 Gardner diesel engines
  • (ii) 2000 R6 Kelvin
Speed9 knots
Capacity80 passengers[3]
Crew2

MV Kenilworth is a historic passenger ferry built in 1936 as MV Hotspur II. She was used on the Hythe Ferry service across Southampton Water until 1978, and then on the Kilcreggan ferry on the Firth of Clyde until 2007.

  1. ^ "End of an era on the Clyde ferry scene". Shipping Times. Archived from the original on 21 June 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Hotspur II". Simplon Postcards. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  3. ^ Ian McCrorie. "Kenilworth. The Story of the Kikreggan Ferry" (PDF). Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

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