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Name Official number Flag IMO
BUTE  185018  GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1954  28/09/1954   
Vessel type Vessel description
Ferry Passenger-Vehicle  Steel Motor Vessel  
Builder Yard Yard no
Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Troon   481 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
568 grt / 149 nrt / 185.10 ft  36.6 ft  7.6 ft   
Engine builder British Polar Engines Ltd, Glasgow
Engine detail
2 - Screw. 2xOil engines 2SA 6Cyl. 15.5knots. 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Caledonian Steam Packet Co.   Glasgow   
Other names
MEDITERRANEAN SUN 
Subsequent owner and registration history
1980 G. S. Phetouris, Piraeus. 
Vessel history
ABC Car ferry. Side loader. 
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
    
Disposal Detail
 
 

 

BUTE - original condition
Image courtesy of :  Old Ship Picture Galleries

BUTE - without goalposts
Image courtesy of :  Old Ship Picture Galleries

Leaving Gourock 1967
Image courtesy of :  L M Smith


Image courtesy of :  Dennis Maccoy
 


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