MV Clyde Clipper
Clyde Clipper arriving at Gourock, on the Argyll Ferries service from Dunoon
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| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Clyde Clipper |
| Builder | Abels Shipbuilders |
| Launched | 2009 |
| Identification |
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| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Passenger ferryboat |
| Tonnage | 125 GT |
| Length | 27 m (88 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
| Depth | 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12.7 knots (23.5 km/h; 14.6 mph) |
| Capacity | 250 passengers |
MV Clyde Clipper is a cruise boat, a purpose built catamaran with a capacity of around 250 passengers and facilities for weddings, functions and corporate hospitality, including bar and catering facilities.[2] She was built by Abels Shipbuilders of Bristol in 2009.
From 30 June 2011 it was leased by Argyll Ferries Ltd as an interim ferry on the Gourock-Dunoon service, covering the service along with the MV Ali Cat until the 244 passenger ferry MV Argyll Flyer was converted from the ten-year-old Banrion Chonamara of the Irish Aran Island Service.[3]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clyde Clipper (ship, 2009).
- ^ "Vessels For Sale - Clyde Clipper". scchambers.co.uk. 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "The Clipper". Clyde Cruises Glasgow. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011.
- ^ Goodwin, David (1 July 2011). "Ferry Launch is hit by first-day breakdown". Greenock Telegraph. pp. 1–2.