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MV Kyleakin information


History
United Kingdom
Name
  • 1970: MV Kyleakin
  • 1991: MV Carrigaloe
NamesakeKyleakin
OwnerCaledonian Steam Packet Company
Port of registryGlasgow
Route1970 - 1991: Kyle of Lochalsh - Kyleakin
BuilderNewport Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Engines: Gardner Engines Ltd., Manchester
Cost£110.000
Launched24 July 1970
In service14 August 1970
IdentificationIMO number: 7028386[1]
Statusin service
Notes[2]
General characteristics
Class and typedrive-through 28-car ferry
Tonnage225 GT
Length112 ft (34.1 m)
Beam42 ft (12.8 m)
Draught7.8 ft (2.4 m)
Installed powerMachinery: 2 Oil 4SCSA 8 cyl. 5 1/2” x 7 3/4”
Propulsion2 Voith-Schneider propellers.
Speed8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Capacity200 passengers and 28 cars
Notes[2]

MV Kyleakin is double-ended, drive-through ferry, built in 1970 for the Skye crossing, where she served until 1991. She was renamed MV Carrigaloe for service across the River Lee in County Cork.

  1. ^ "Kyleakin - IMO 7028386". Ship Spotting. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ships was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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