• by the new MV Isle of Cumbrae. While Coruisk relieved widely, Largs remained as backup at Largs. She gave her last public sailing at Largs on 26 September...
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    the vicinity of Largs which can be dated to the Neolithic era. The Haylie Chambered Tomb in Douglas Park dates from c. 3000 BC. Largs evolved from the...
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    MV Loch Shira (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Siora) is a car ferry operating on the Largs to Cumbrae route on the Firth of Clyde in western Scotland. The vessel...
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    HMS Largs was a former Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (French Line) fruit (banana) ship captured by the Royal Navy ship HMS Faulknor five months after...
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    MV Keppel is a passenger-only ferry built in 1961 for the Tilbury to Gravesend crossing. She had twenty years of service on the Largs to Millport route...
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    HMAS Choules (redirect from RFA Largs Bay)
    (RAN). The vessel was built as RFA Largs Bay by Swan Hunter in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear. She was named after Largs Bay in Ayrshire, Scotland, and entered...
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    relief small vessel. MV Loch Bhrusda was built by McTay Marine on the Mersey. Her sea trials included berthing trials at Largs and Cumbrae Slip, proving...
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    provide propulsion. MV Isle of Cumbrae took up the Largs crossing in early April 1977, replacing two small bow-loading ferries, Largs and Coruisk. She remained...
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    Bute, she served at Largs between 1997 and 2013. After a short spell as the Lismore vessel she returned to Largs in June 2014. MV Loch Riddon was the...
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    July 1997, on the Colintraive – Rhubodach route, allowing MV Loch Riddon to move to Largs. After a short while she moved to the Sound of Mull to take...
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    relieved at Iona, Fishnish, Colintraive and Largs. She provided additional dangerous loads sailings from Largs to Lochranza until the service from Tarbert...
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    over ten years at Largs, she spent 16 years on the Raasay crossing. Since 2014, she has been stationed on the Oban - Lismore crossing. MV Loch Striven was...
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    MV Loch Portain is a Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited water-jet propulsion ro-ro car ferry, operated by Caledonian MacBrayne, built for the Sound of...
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    "Former Skye ferry takes on Largs to Cumbrae route". Largs and Millport Weekly News. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023. MV Loch Fyne on www.calmac...
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  • she was converted to bow-loading and moved to Largs and later to Scalpay where she served until 1983. MV Coruisk was built in 1969 to provide additional...
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    MacBrayne After over ten years at Largs, she was the summer vessel on the Tobermory–Kilchoan crossing from 1999 to 2017. MV Loch Linnhe was the second of...
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    loch", MV Loch Shira, entered service in 2007 on the Largs–Cumbrae route. MV Hallaig (2013; for Raasay), MV Lochinvar (2013; for Tarbert) and MV Catriona...
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  • Cowal operated between Largs and Millport, until displaced in March 1972 by the former Skye ferry MV Coruisk on the quicker Largs to Cumbrae Slip run. With...
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    Wemyss Bay Steamboat Company in 1890, CSP took over services to Rothesay, Largs and Millport. In June 1890, they established a service to Arran from the...
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    overhaul in May 2010, Jupiter lay up at Largs pier along with MV Loch Shira and MV Loch Riddon for one night as MV Argyle was at Gourock while Rothesay Pier...
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  • ferry connects the island with Largs, North Ayrshire on the Scottish mainland. Millport pier dates from 1833 and that at Largs from 1845. Millport was served...
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    Catriona while MV Isle of Arran was away at James Watt Dock for emergency repairs. In January 2018, Catriona was the relief vessel on the Largs-Cumbrae ferry...
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    dry-docking. In January 2015 and January 2017, she relieved on the Largs - Cumbrae route so that MV Loch Shira could go for her overhaul. It was announced in September...
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  • HMS Bulolo - formerly the MV Bulolo requisitioned from Burns Philps. Served as the LSH for Gold during the Normandy Landings. HMS Largs - formerly the French...
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    Largs and Millport. She occasionally served on the Gourock – Kilcreggan – Helensburgh ferry service, substituting for the 1936 MV Kenilworth (then MV Seabus)...
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    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...
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    MV Hebridean Princess is a cruise ship operated by Hebridean Island Cruises. She started life as the MacBrayne car ferry and Royal Mail Ship, initially...
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    MV Loch Frisa (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Friosa) is a ferry bought by Caledonian Maritime Assets for operation by Caledonian MacBrayne to serve between Oban...
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    she is based on the Clyde, operating excursions from Glasgow, Greenock, Largs or Ayr. Typically her Clyde timetable ends at the end of August and Waverley...
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    funnel and engine exhaust. After launch, MV Rhum ran trials on the Clyde, providing some crossings at Largs on 22 June. She entered service on 28 June...
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