MV Clyde Clipper

Clyde Clipper arriving at Gourock, on the Argyll Ferries service from Dunoon
History
United Kingdom
Name	Clyde Clipper
Builder	Abels Shipbuilders
Launched	2009
Identification	MMSI number: 235068375 Callsign: 2BQF3
General characteristics [1]
Type	Passenger ferryboat
Tonnage	125  GT
Length	27 m (88 ft 7 in)
Beam	11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)
Draught	2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
Depth	3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2 × 540 bhp (403 kW) Doosan engines 2 × fixed pitch propellers
Speed	12.7 knots (23.5 km/h; 14.6 mph)
Capacity	250 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]

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.