Operator Caledonian MacBrayne Route Oban – Lismore Launched 1986 | Port of registry Glasgow Draft 1.5 m Length 30 m | |
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Name MV Loch Striven
Scottish Gaelic Loch Sroigheann Namesake Loch Striven, to the north of Bute Owner Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited Builders Richard Dunston, Hessle, North Humberside | ||
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MV Loch Striven is a Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited ro-ro car ferry, built in 1986 and currently operated by Caledonian MacBrayne. She is currently stationed on the Oban - Lismore crossing.
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History
MV Loch Striven was the first of four drive-through ferries built in the 1980s by Dunston’s of Hessle, to cope with increasing traffic on CalMac's smaller routes.
Layout
The four vessels are based on the design of MV Isle of Cumbrae. They have a second passenger lounge, on the port side, reducing the capacity of the car deck to 12. The wheelhouse is painted red and given a black top, as she has no funnels as such.
Service
MV Loch Striven joined MV Isle of Cumbrae on the Largs – Great Cumbrae crossing in July 1986. After one month, MV Loch Linnhe replaced Isle of Cumbrae. The two new vessels continued at Largs for over ten years. In 1997, Loch Striven moved to Raasay, replacing the Island Class ferry, MV Raasay and remained at Raasay for 16 years. In 2013 she was displaced from Raasay by the new hybrid vessel MV Hallaig, and following her annual overhaul on the Clyde that winter she operated the Tarbert - Portavadie/Lochranza service. From April, she once again returned to her original station at Largs, and operated the secondary roster alongside Loch Shira until June, when she moved to the Oban - Lismore route.