MV Loch Frisa

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History
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameMV Loch Frisa
NamesakeLoch Frisa
OwnerCaledonian Maritime Assets
Acquired2021
In serviceexpected 2022
Statusundergoing modification
NorwayNorway
NameMV Utne
NamesakeUtne
OperatorNorled
RouteUtne - Kvanndal
BuilderSefine Shipyard[2]
Launched2014[1]
Identification
General characteristics
Tonnage1,160 GT[2]
Length49.9 m (164 ft)[1][2]
Beam16 m (52 ft)
Propulsion
Speed12 kn (22 km/h)[2]
Capacity

MV Loch Frisa is a ferry bought by Caledonian Maritime Assets for service between Oban on the Scottish mainland and Craignure.[1][2] She was originally named MV Utne and operated by Norled from 2015 to 2021.[1][2] In December 2021, following a naming competition, CMAL announced her renaming as MV Loch Frisa.[3]

History[]

MV Utne was launched in 2014 and operated by Norled from 2015. In 2021, Norled sold her to Caledonian Maritime Assets for €6.6 million (£5.6 million),[4] as they were replacing their diesel-powered vessels with zero-emission battery-electric vessels.

Following a public vote, she will be renamed MV Loch Frisa.[5] She is being modified for her new role by Dales Marine in Leith, and is expected to enter service in 2022.[1][4]

There was an earlier Loch Frisa which served in Scottish waters, the MacBrayne cargo steamer SS Loch Frisa,[6] a general cargo ship which sailed under the MacBraynes houseflag in the 1950's and early 1960's.[7]

Layout[]

Utne is a double-ended ro-ro ferry. As she has no crew accommodation, crew are based ashore. In Norway, she had two crews and was able to operate 18 hours a day.[2]

Service[]

Utne was designed for service in a Norwegian fjord, and operated between Utne and Kvanndal on the Hardangerfjord, a sheltered crossing of 2.5 miles.[8]

Loch Frisa is expected to join MV Isle of Mull on the Oban to Craignure (Isle of Mull) route, where she will replace MV Coruisk as the second vessel. Coruisk is expected to move back to Mallaig in summer 2022.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Second-hand ferry deal to boost CalMac network". BBC News. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Steven Tarbox (5 October 2021). "New Ferry Purchased for CalMac Scottish Island Services". NI Ferry Site. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  3. ^ "MV Loch Frisa". CMAL Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Norwegian ferry coming to Mull". Mull & Iona Ferry Committee. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  5. ^ "NameChosen For Latest Vessel Joining CalMac Fleet". Inverclyde Now. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Sailing Down the Clyde: Doon the Watter". Glasgow History | Achievements and Archive Photographs of this Great Scottish City. 19 July 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2022. The MacBrayne cargo steamer S. S. Loch Frisa is seen heading down river bound for the Western Isles
  7. ^ "SS Loch Frisa". Unofficial CalMac Website.
  8. ^ "The Utne – the good, the bad and the consequences". Mull & Iona Ferry Committee. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
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