MV Lochearn

History
Name:
  • MV Lochearn
  • 1964: Naias
Namesake: Loch Earn
Owner: David MacBrayne Ltd
Port of registry: Glasgow
Route: Inner Isles mail steamer from Oban
Builder:
Yard number: 348
Launched: 29 April 1930
Out of service: 1964
Fate: scrapped
General characteristics
Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Tonnage: 542 GT
Length: 162 ft (49 m)[1]
Beam: 29 ft (8.8 m)
Draught: 9 ft (2.7 m)
Installed power: 2 oil 4SA each 12cy 660bhp
Speed: 12 knots

MV Lochearn was the David MacBrayne Ltd mail steamer serving Barra and South Uist from Oban between 1930 and 1955. She became the Sound of Mull mail steamer until 1964, when she was superseded by a new generation of car ferry.

History

MV Lochearn and her sister MV Lochmor were built by Ardrossan Dockyard. She was launched on 29 April 1930.[2]

With the introduction of the 1964 hoist-loading car ferries, Hebrides, Clansman and Columba, Lochearn became redundant.[3] She and her sister Lochmor were sold to Greek owners on 26 August 1964 and left Scotland for service in the Greek Islands.[4] In Greece, she was converted to a private motor yacht.[5] It is believed she was broken up in January 1975.

Layout

Lochearn was a cargo and passenger boat, with cabins for 22 passengers.[6] Vehicles were loaded, along with other cargo, using crane and sling.[7]

Service

Lochearn was a mail steamer, serving Tobermory, Coll, Tiree, Barra and South Uist[8] until 1955 when she was replaced by MV Claymore.[9] From 1955 to 1964, she sailed from Tobermory to Oban with calls at Salen, Lochaline and Craignure.[9]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "The Fleet - Lochearn". Ships of Calmac. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "May 2007 news". West Highland Steamer Club. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "History - Hebrides". Ships of Calmac. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  4. ↑ ""Lochearn" and "Lochmor" leave Ardrossan for Greece under new names". Ardrossan Ships From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 4 September 1964. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "TSMV Lochmor". Clydesite. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "History - Claymore". Ships of Calmac. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "History - Clansman". Ships of Calmac. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
  8. ↑ "M.V. Lochmor and M.V. Lochearn". Am Baile. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  9. 1 2 Neil F King. "MV Lochmor". Flickr. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
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