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 between 1969 and 1976. The Mexican Government operated it to Cozumel as Quintana Roo until 2005, when it was wrecked by Hurricane Wilma.
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MVSoundofJura 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...
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offer from the Mexican Government, sold SoundofJura in 1976. They continued to serve Islay until 1981 using Soundof Islay when she too was withdrawn, unable...
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Argyll and Bute Council in 1998, to replace Western Ferries' MVSoundof Gigha as the Jura Ferry. She was operated initially by Serco Denholm until 2003...
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...
after, it began listing to one side, and the lights went out. The captain sounded the distress signal. The ship was under water in close to 11 minutes, trapping...
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2007. Iain Simpson. "Lights of Lochindaal". Retrieved 22 December 2007. Admiralty Chart 2168 Approaches to the SoundofJura available from Admiralty on...
council region. The southern group, including Islay, Jura, the Slate Islands and Gigha are part of the Argyll and Bute council region. In the past, the...
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the coastline of St. George's, Grenada. It was a gift of the navy of Genoa for assistance in rescuing the crew of the Italian vessel MV Bianca C., which...
a beam of 11.67 metres (38 ft 3 in), a depth of 5.80 metres (19 ft 0 in), and a draught of 4.45 metres (14 ft 7 in). She had a hold capacity of 12,850...
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1984, and was driven ashore where she crashed into the seawall front of the home of Palm Beach socialite, Mollie Wilmot, who served the 12 Venezuelan sailors...
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