MV Claymore (1955)
RMS Claymore at Oban in 1970
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| Yard number: | 1482 |
| Launched: | 10 March 1955 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 5075799 |
| Fate: | 24 November 2000 sank at mooring at Eleusis |
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| Type: | Steel Double Screw Motor Vessel |
| Tonnage: | 1,024 GT |
| Length: | 185.4 ft (57 m) (original) |
| Beam: | 35 ft (10.7 m) |
| Draft: | 11.2 ft (3.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Oil SCSA each 8 cyls; 4TD36 airless injection 360 x 600 mm; 1,299 bhp |
| Speed: | 12 kts |
| Capacity: | 500 passengers |
MV Claymore (II) was David MacBrayne's last mail boat built in 1955. She served on the Inner Isles Mail on the west coast of Scotland until 1972. Subsequently sold for day cruising in the Greek Islands until 1993, she sank at her mooring in 2000.
Built by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton, Claymore was launched in 1955. She revived the name of an 1881 steamer, which had sailed for almost half a century between Glasgow and Stornoway.Claymore was the last major passenger vessel ordered by MacBraynes which was not a car ferry and entered service on the Inner Isles mail from Oban, replacing the elderly Lochearn.
On merger, in 1973, Claymore remained registered to David MacBrayne Ltd and never adopted the CalMac funnel.
In April 1976, she was sold to Canopus Shipping of Piraeus, and left Scotland on 10 May, as City of Andros, to join her ex-CSP consort City of Piraeus (ex-Maid of Argyll). After rebuilding in Greece, Claymore's name was changed again, to City of Hydra. She was withdrawn around 1993 and laid up at Eleusis. On 24 November 2000, she sank at her moorings and was subsequently scrapped.
Claymore was a two-class vessel with passenger accommodation over three decks. The dining saloons on the main deck were divided by a mid-line sliding partition. The promenade deck had a first-class observation lounge and bar, a second-class open lounge, first-class staterooms and a hospital room. The lower deck had first- and second-class cubicles. Claymore could carrying 494 in all and had sleeping accommodation for 56 passengers, a big improvement on the 22 who could sleep on Lochearn.
Claymore had the latest navigational aids of the day, radar, Decca, an echo-sounder and wireless-telegraphy. A forward hold and 7.5 ton derrick allowed her to carry 100 tons of cargo and 26 head of cattle. Up to eleven cars could be lifted on board.
She underwent a substantial rebuild and lengthening for her service as a cruise ship in Greece, emerging complete with swimming pool, dramatically flared bows and painted silver all over.
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