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Clyde Clipper arriving at Gourock, on the Argyll Ferries service from DunoonClyde Clipper arriving at Gourock, on the Argyll Ferries service from Dunoon
History
United Kingdom
NameClyde Clipper
BuilderAbels Shipbuilders
Launched2009
Identification
General characteristics
TypePassenger ferryboat
Tonnage125 GT
Length27 m (88 ft 7 in)
Beam11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)
Draught2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
Depth3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × 540 bhp (403 kW) Doosan engines
  • 2 × fixed pitch propellers
Speed12.7 knots (23.5 km/h; 14.6 mph)
Capacity250 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. 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.

References

  1. "Vessels For Sale - Clyde Clipper". scchambers.co.uk. 2012. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  2. "The Clipper". Clyde Cruises Glasgow. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011.
  3. Goodwin, David (1 July 2011). "Ferry Launch is hit by first-day breakdown". Greenock Telegraph. pp. 1–2.


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