MV Sound of Islay information

MV Sound of Islay was the first ro-ro ferry on the west coast of Scotland. Built for Western Ferries in 1968, she served Islay and later Campbeltown –...

MV Sound of Jura was the first drive-through car ferry on the west coast of Scotland. It was operated by Western Ferries on the Islay service from Kennacraig...

MV Sound of Soay is a car and passenger ferry, operated by Western Ferries on the upper Clyde between Gourock and Dunoon, Scotland. Sound of Soay was built...

Islay (/ˈaɪlə/ EYE-lə; Scottish Gaelic: Ìle, Scots: Ila) is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Known as "The Queen of the Hebrides"...

introduction of MV Hebrides to the "Uig triangle" in March 2001, MV Hebridean Isles moved south to become the regular Islay vessel, and Isle of Arran became...

MV Sound of Gigha was a pioneering roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ferry operating on the west coast of Scotland. She was launched as Isle of Gigha in May 1966...

and slower MV Sound of Sanda and MV Sound of Scalpay. Sound of Seil and her sister, MV Sound of Soay were a development of the design of the earlier...

from the Mexican Government, sold Sound of Jura in 1976. They continued to serve Islay until 1981 using Sound of Islay when she too was withdrawn, unable...

MV Sound of Scarba is a car and passenger ferry, operated by Western Ferries on the River Clyde between Gourock and Dunoon, Scotland Sound of Scarba was...

Renamed MV Sound of Sanda in 1974, she served Western Ferries on the Upper Clyde until 1993. MV Lymington was built in 1938 as an Isle of Wight ferry...

MV Loch Scavaig (ex Sound of Sanda) was a car and passenger ferry, operated until October 2013 by Western Ferries across the Firth of Clyde between Gourock...

fleet: MV Isle of Arran, MV Hebridean Isles, MV Isle of Mull, MV Lord of the Isles, MV Caledonian Isles, MV Isle of Lewis, MV Clansman, MV Hebrides, MV Finlaggan...

of £24.5 million and operates the Islay service. The others are MV Isle of Lewis, MV Clansman, MV Hebrides, MV Caledonian Isles, MV Isle of Mull, MV Hebridean...

MV Eilean Dhiura is a vehicle ferry operating across the Sound of Islay. Eilean Dhiura was commissioned by Argyll and Bute Council in 1998, to replace...

the west coast of Jura. MV Eilean Dhiura provides a vehicle and passenger ferry service from Port Askaig on Islay across the Sound of Islay, the only regular...

MV Loch Sunart (ex-Gemeente Pont 23 then Sound of Scalpay) was a car and passenger ferry, originally operated in Amsterdam, and then by Western Ferries...

Inchmarnock, Sound of Bute Inchtavannach, Loch Lomond Innis Chonain, Loch Awe Inishail (alternate Inchald), Loch Awe Inveruglas Isle, Loch Lomond Iona Islay Jura...

deliberately sunk in the Sound of Gigha and used for bombing practice. In 1991 the Russian factory ship Kartli was hit by two freak waves off Islay and ran aground...

inhabited islands in this archipelago, of which Islay, Mull and Skye are the largest and most populous. The islands of Scotland's west coast are known collectively...

segments in a stretch of IPA. For instance, the transcription of Scottish Gaelic [kʷʰuˣʷt̪ʷs̟ʷ] 'cat' and [kʷʰʉˣʷt͜ʃʷ] 'cats' (Islay dialect) can be made...

importance. Like its neighbours Egilsay and Wyre, it can be reached by ro-ro ferry MV Eynhallow from Tingwall. This service is operated by Orkney Ferries, and can...

and Islay) community ownership is virtually non-existent." The following table compares the populations of the main Scottish archipelagos with that of the...

ferry MV Graemsay. Two lighthouses are present on Graemsay: Hoy Sound Low and Hoy Sound High located at the extremities of the northern side of the island...

This is a list of shipwrecks located in the United Kingdom. "MV Lagan (1903)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 20 October 2016. "Annie Jane". Wreck site. Retrieved...

to the north and the Sea of the Hebrides to the south. The Inner Hebrides lie closer to mainland Scotland and include Islay, Jura, Skye, Mull, Raasay...

of the Sound of Bute in the Firth of Clyde, on the west coast of Scotland. The island is privately owned. Inchmarnock lies to the west of the Isle of...