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MV Carvoria

History
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Name: MV Carvoria
Namesake: Old Norse name for Kerrera
Owner: Caledonian Maritime Assets
Operator: Caledonian MacBrayne
Port of registry: Glasgow
Route: Gallanach (Oban) - Kerrera
Ordered: 2017
Builder: Malakoff Limited
Cost: £200,000
Launched: 15 August 2017
Completed: 2017
In service: 5 September 2017
Status: in service
General characteristics
Type: landing craft
Tonnage: 7.3 DWT
Length: 12 m (39 ft)
Beam: 4 m (13 ft)
Draught: 0.55 m (1 ft 10 in)
Propulsion: 2 x Honda 80 hp long stroke outboards
Speed: 10.5 kn
Capacity: 12 passengers; 1 car

MV Carvoria is a landing craft owned by Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited, and operated by Caledonian MacBrayne in Scotland. She was launched in August 2017, and is the smallest vessel in the CalMac fleet.

Carvoria was built to operate the ferry service between the small island of Kerrera and the mainland at Gallanach, approximately three kilometres to the south of Oban. The 12 metre-long vessel has capacity for 12 passengers and 1 car, but due to vehicle restrictions on Kerrera she rarely carries cars.

She was built by Malakoff Limited at its factory at Greenhead Base on Shetland. She replaced the former ferry MV Gylen Lady, which dated from 1999, shortly after CalMac took over the service in 2017.



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