MV Lochearn
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| Namesake: | Loch Earn |
| Owner: | David MacBrayne Ltd |
| Port of registry: | Glasgow |
| Route: | Inner Isles mail steamer from Oban |
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| 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 She became the Sound of Mull mail steamer until 1964, when she was superseded by a new generation of car ferry.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]
On 14 May 1932, Lochearn struck rocks off Tiree in the Inner Hebrides and was beached.[3] She was later refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
With the introduction of the 1964 hoist-loading car ferries, Hebrides, Clansman and Columba, Lochearn became redundant.[4] She and her sister Lochmor were sold to Greek owners on 26 August 1964 and left Scotland for service in the Greek Islands.[5] In Greece, she was converted to a private motor yacht.[6] It is believed she was broken up in January 1975.
Layout
Lochearn was a cargo and passenger boat, with cabins for 22 passengers.[7] Vehicles were loaded, along with other cargo, using crane and sling.[8]
Service
Lochearn was a mail steamer, serving Tobermory, Coll, Tiree, Barra and South Uist[9] until 1955 when she was replaced by MV Claymore.[10] From 1955 to 1964, she sailed from Tobermory to Oban with calls at Salen, Lochaline and Craignure.[10]
Footnotes
- 1 2 "The Fleet - Lochearn". Ships of Calmac. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ↑ "May 2007 news". West Highland Steamer Club. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- ↑ "Motor-vessel aground off Hebrides". The Times (46134). London. 16 May 1932. col E, p. 12.
- ↑ "History - Hebrides". Ships of Calmac. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- ↑ ""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.
- ↑ "TSMV Lochmor". Clydesite. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ↑ "History - Claymore". Ships of Calmac. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ↑ "History - Clansman". Ships of Calmac. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
- ↑ "M.V. Lochmor and M.V. Lochearn". Am Baile. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- 1 2 Neil F King. "MV Lochmor". Flickr. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
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