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Name Official number Flag IMO
SATURN  377012  GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1978  30/06/1977  01/02/1978 
Vessel type Vessel description
Ferry Passenger-Vehicle  Steel Motor Vessel  
Builder Yard Yard no
Ailsa Shipbuilders (BS), Troon   552 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
899 grt / 303 nrt / 69.53 m  13.77 m    2.4 m 
Engine builder Mirrlees Blackstone (Stamford) Ltd., Stamford
Engine detail
Two 8-cyl. 4 S.C.S.A.(222 x 292mm) Blackstone ESL8MK2 type oil engines (2,440 bhp) geared to twin directional propellers. 14 kts 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Caledonian Macbrayne, Glasgow  Glasgow   
Other names
2015 ORCADIA 
Subsequent owner and registration history
Caledonian Macbrayne Holdings Ltd.
2015 Pentland Ferries 
Vessel history
 
Remarks
40 Car 510 passenger ferry. Side and stern ramps.  
End year Fate / Status
  In Service  
Disposal Detail
 
 

 

Leaving Rothesay
Image courtesy of :  Dennis Maccoy

River Clyde
Image courtesy of :  Colin Campbell

River Clyde
Image courtesy of :  Colin Campbell

27/02/2011
Image courtesy of :  Patrick Hill

arrives Dunoon last sailig
Image courtesy of :  Colin campbell

leaving Rothesay
Image courtesy of :  Dennis Maccoy

outfitting Troon
Image courtesy of :  Dennis Maccoy

Leavig Garvel Dry Dock April 2015
Image courtesy of :  Bian Climie

James Watt Dock April 2015
Image courtesy of :  Brian Clinie
 


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