Cromarty Rose
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:J M Briscoe - Cromarty Rose arriving at Nigg.jpg |Ship caption=MV Cromarty Rose arriving at Nigg }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= United Kingdom |Ship flag=60px |Ship name=Cromarty Rose |Ship owner=*Seaboard Marine (Nigg) Ltd
|Ship operator= |Ship registry= |Ship route= 1987-2009 summers: Nigg - Cromarty |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=*MacCrindle Shipbuilding Ltd, Ardrossan
|Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= 439 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=1986 |Ship completed= |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship identification= MMSI 235076973 |Ship fate= |Ship status=in service |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=ro-ro vehicle ferry |Ship tonnage={{GT|28}}; {{NetT|11}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length={{convert|43|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|19.7|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= |Ship draft= |Ship depth= |Ship decks= 1 |Ship ramps= bow |Ship power=Twin diesels 2 × M6cy 254bhp |Ship propulsion= 2scr |Ship speed={{convert|8.5|kn}} |Ship capacity=50 passengers; 2 cars |Ship crew=2 |Ship notes= }} |
MV Cromarty Rose was the vehicle ferry serving the Nigg-Cromarty route across the Cromarty Firth, providing a summer only service from 1987 to 2009.
History
MV Cromarty Rose was one of the smallest car ferries in the UK,{{cite web| url=http://www.cromarty-ferry.co.uk/| title=Cromarty Ferry| publisher=Cromarty Ferry|date=18 October 2009}} and the only ferry serving the Black Isle, crossing the Cromarty Firth between Nigg and Cromarty. She is a 50 passenger, 2 car vessel built in 1987 in Ardrossan, Scotland for Seaboard Marine (Nigg) Ltd who operated the Cromarty-Nigg service until 2001. After a tendering process, the contract passed to the Cromarty Ferry Company, who purchased the Cromarty Rose from her previous owners.
Service
Built for the Cromarty service, Cromarty Rose operated there from 1987 to 2009. Evening cruises were available for parties of between 10 and 50.{{cite web| url=http://www.cromarty-ferry.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=147073| title=Evening Cruises| publisher=Cromarty Ferry| accessdate=18 October 2009}}
Cromarty Rose became the world's smallest drive-in floating cinema in November 2008, with a showing of The Maggie, to launch the Cromarty Film Festival.{{cite web| url=http://www.cromartyfilmfestival.org/news.asp?intent=viewstory&newsid=12184| title=World's smallest drive-in (floating) cinema| date=6 November 2008| publisher=Cromarty Film Festival| accessdate=18 October 2009}}
In February 2010, Southampton Marine Services announced that they had won a £500,000 contract to build a new ferry for the Cromarty-Nigg service.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/4887426.New_Cromarty_ferry_to_be_built_by_SMS/| title=New Cromarty ferry to be built by SMS| publisher = This is Hampshire| accessdate=21 February 2010 }} and Cromarty Rose sailed from Cromarty on 16 February 2010, bound for the Bristol Channel, to run a service to the island of Steep Holm and Flat Holm . She was renamed Westward Ho by her current owner. She is operated by MW Marine.
The replacement vessel, Cromarty Queen, arrived in Cromarty on 10 October 2010, and commenced the summer service in 2011.
References
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External links
- [http://www.cromarty-ferry.co.uk/ Cromarty Ferry Company website]
- [http://www.mwmarine.org/ MW Marine website]
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