MV Raasay

MV Raasay is a bow-loading passenger and vehicle ferry owned by Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited serving Raasay until 2001, and now a spare vessel.

at Suisnish Pier
History
Name: MV Raasay
Namesake: Island of Raasay
Owner: Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited
Builder:
Yard number: 425[2]
Launched: 23 March 1976
In service: 30 April 1976
Homeport: Glasgow
Identification:
General characteristics
Tonnage:
Length: 22.50 m (73 ft 10 in)[1]
Beam: 6.40 m (21 ft 0 in)
Draught: 1.40 m (4 ft 7 in)
Installed power: 2 × Scania D9 93M35 turbocharged 6-cylinder diesels[1]
Speed: 8 kn (15 km/h)
Capacity: 75 passengers; 6 cars

History

Built in Port Glasgow, Raasay was the eighth and last Island Class ferry. On replacing MV Canna at Raasay, she became the third ferry there in two years.

MV Raasay was one of the first CMAL ships to receive its Inventory of Hazardous Materials or "Green Passport".[5] She has appeared on several TV programmes, including Balamory, Distant Shores and on a Peugeot TV advert.[1]

Layout

MV Raasay has a single deck with a ramp at the bow and a small lounge and toilet.[6]

Service

MV Raasay was built for the crossing between Sconser on the Isle of Skye, and the nearby island of Raasay, where she remained for two decades. She never missed a full day's sailings on that route,[1] only leaving Raasay for her own overhaul, when she was relieved by one of her older sisters.[1] She also took some charters to Rona.

In summer 1997, to handle increasing traffic, she was replaced by the larger MV Loch Striven and became a spare ferry. Lying at Oban or Tobermory, she occasionally relieved MV Eigg and MV Coll. More recently she has relieved MV Lochnevis on the Small Isles run and MV Canna at Ballycastle. She was offered for sale in December 2017.[7]

Raasay took her last sailing with the fleet on 23 January, from Kilchoan to Tobermory. On the 24th, she then headed to Oban awaiting her sale. By March 2018, the vessel had been handed back to owner Caledonian Maritime Assets.[8]

References
  1. "Raasay". Ships of Calmac. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. "MV Raasay". Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. "Raasay - IMO: 7340435". ShipSpotting. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  4. "MV Raasay". Digital Seas. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  5. "News". Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  6. "MV Raasay". Calmac. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  7. "For Sale: bow loading ferry". Apollo Duck. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  8. Henderson, Michelle (2 March 2018). "CalMac career complete for Raasay ferry". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
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