MV Clyde Clipper

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File:1100703 Clyde Clipper.jpg
Clyde Clipper arriving at Gourock, on the Argyll Ferries service from Dunoon
History
File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameClyde Clipper
BuilderAbels Shipbuilders
Launched2009
Identification
General characteristics [1]
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.[2] 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.[3]

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