MV Isle of Arran (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Arainn) is a drive-through ferry operated on the west coast of Scotland by Caledonian MacBrayne. Also known by...
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time of 55 minutes. She is used extensively by day-trippers to the Isle of Arran during the summer. Modelled on the popular MV Isle of Mull of five years...
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the first to be launched by royalty – the Duchess of Kent. Broadly similar to the MV Isle of Arran, she was intended for the Uig triangle, but was designed...
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The Isle of Arran (/ˈærən/; Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Arainn) or simply Arran is an island off the west coast of Scotland. It is the largest island in the...
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Peerage of Scotland Lord of Arran, in High Medieval Scotland Arran (1799 ship) MV Arran, 1953 Scottish ferry MV Isle of Arran, 1983 Scottish ferry Árran, the...
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Caledonian MacBrayne fleet (category Ferries of Scotland)
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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of time as a contingency measure. In January 2024, she returned to Ardrossan to serve Arran alongside MV Isle of Arran, relieving MV Caledonian Isles...
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Brodick (category Villages in the Isle of Arran)
are operated by Caledonian MacBrayne. MV Caledonian Isles serves the island year-round, with MV Isle of Arran providing additional sailings during the...
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Caledonian MacBrayne (category Ferry companies of Scotland)
MV Caledonian Isles, MV Isle of Mull, MV Hebridean Isles, MV Isle of Arran and MV Lord of the Isles. There are 13 "Loch Class" vessels in different shapes...
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no Gourock-Dunoon vehicle service and the MV Isle of Arran being spare following the introduction of the MV Finlaggan. Saturn was de-stored at Gourock...
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In June 2017, MV Loch Bhrusda provided additional sailings on the Claonaig-Lochranza route alongside Catriona while MV Isle of Arran was away at James...
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– Islay route since 2011, partnering MV Hebridean Isles. She replaced MV Isle of Arran, which moved back to Arran as the second vessel. During the winter...
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February 2016, with her regular duties being covered by MV Hebridean Isles and MV Isle of Arran. Hebrides was granted special dispensation by the MCA to...
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31 May 2021. MV Isle of Lewis returned to maintain the service, at reduced capacity, with MV Isle of Arran and then MV Hebridean Isles providing a night...
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million contract to build two ferries: one to serve the Isle of Arran, replacing MV Isle of Arran, and the second to sail between Skye, North Uist and Harris...
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MV Arran was a pioneering Firth of Clyde vehicle ferry introduced by Caledonian Steam Packet Company in 1953. She spent fifteen years on the Upper Clyde...
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additional sailings from Claonaig to Lochranza alongside MV Catriona whilst MV Isle of Arran was away at James Watt Dock, Greenock, for emergency repairs...
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Lochranza (category Villages in the Isle of Arran)
the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. The population, somewhat in decline, is around 200 people. Lochranza is the northernmost of Arran's villages...
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evening, passenger-only sailing from Largs to Brodick (Arran), until the arrival of MV Isle of Arran in 1984. Pioneer also had brief periods at Coll, Tiree...
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MV Isle of Lewis is a ro-ro ferry operated by Caledonian MacBrayne between Oban and Castlebay, Barra. Built in 1995, she remains one of only two ships...
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seaman's strike in 2000, Arran traffic was diverted to the Loch Fyne and Claonaig crossings. Loch Tarbert was joined by MV Isle of Cumbrae to cope with the...
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MV Isle of Mull is one of the larger ferries operated by Caledonian MacBrayne from Oban on the west of Scotland. MV Isle of Mull was designed for the...
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Troon (category Firth of Clyde)
Brodick sailings to the Isle of Arran. In March 2024, Caledonian MacBrayne confirmed plans to trial berthing the vessel MV Isle of Arran at Troon Harbour, and...
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Isle of Mull and Arran services. Underpowered and troubled by mechanical breakdowns, she was taken out of service after 20 years. The Secretary of State...
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Caledonian Maritime Assets (category Public corporations of the Scottish Government)
MV Caledonian Isles MV Carvoria MV Catriona MV Clansman MV Coruisk MV Finlaggan MV Hallaig MV Hebridean Isles MV Hebrides MV Isle of Arran MV Isle of Cumbrae MV Isle...
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MV Claymore and MV Lochmor, leading to uncertainty about where Glen Rosa would be deployed. In August 2023, CMAL confirmed that she would serve Arran...
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resilience of the wider fleet. Originally, it was intended that MV Glen Rosa would serve these routes, however Glen Rosa will now serve the Isle of Arran alongside...
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West Loch Tarbert, Argyll (category Articles using infobox body of water without alt)
drive-through MV Isle of Arran taking over in 1993. MV Hebridean Isles became the main Islay vessel in 2001, with MV Finlaggan replacing Isle of Arran in 2011...
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and formed part of the Kingdom of the Isles, ruled by the Crovan dynasty. However, in the 12th century, the island, along with Arran, was granted by David...
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Scott Lithgow in Greenock. Renamed Caledonia, she replaced MV Glen Sannox, on the Isle of Arran route, becoming the first roll-on roll-off ferry on this...
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