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MV Maid of Skelmorlie information


History
United Kingdom
Name
  • MV Maid of Skelmorlie
  • 1976: Ala
OperatorCaledonian Steam Packet Company
Port of registryGlasgow, United Kingdom
Route
  • 1953 – 1973: Clyde service
  • 1976 – 1995: Sorrento to Capri
Builder
  • A & J Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow[2]
  • Engine Builders: British Polar Engines
Cost£145,000[2]
Yard number1492
Launched
  • 2 April 1953[2]
  • by Mrs T F Cameron
Identification
  • IMO number: 5217555[1]
  • Call Sign: ITBU
FateBroken up at Aliaga, Turkey in 2023
General characteristics
Tonnage508 GT
Length161.25 ft (49.15 m)
Beam28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught10 ft (3.0 m)
Installed power2x Oil 2SCSA 6 cyl. 9 7/8" x 16 ½ "
Propulsiontwin screws and rudders
Speed15 knots
Capacity624 passengers

MV Maid of Skelmorlie was a passenger ferry operated by Caledonian Steam Packet Company from 1953. Rendered redundant by the car ferry revolution, she was sold to Italian owners in 1973. After conversion to stern-loading, she operated, as Ala in the Bay of Naples for 20 years.

  1. ^ "Ala". Shipping Data. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference ships was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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