MV Canna
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=The Rathlin ferry (4) - geograph.org.uk - 795666.jpg |Ship image size=300px |Ship caption=MV Canna at Ballycastle }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= United Kingdom |Ship flag=60px |Ship name=MV Canna |Namesake= Canna |Ship owner= until 2017: Caledonian Maritime Assets |Ship operator= |Ship registry=Glasgow |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder= James Lamont & Co, Port Glasgow{{cite web| url=https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?official_number=&imo=7340423&ref=10658&vessel=CANNA| publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust| title=MV Canna| accessdate=4 March 2023}} |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= 424 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=1975 |Ship launched=31 October 1975{{cite web| url=http://www.cmassets.co.uk/MVCanna.html| publisher=Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd| title=MV Canna| accessdate=2009-08-02}} |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service=29 January 1976 |Ship out of service= |Ship identification=*{{IMO number|7340423}}{{cite web| url=http://shipping-data.com/ship/canna-0| title=Canna| publisher=Shipping Data| accessdate=15 July 2012}}
|Ship fate= |Ship status= in service |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship tonnage= Gross tonnage: 69 |Ship displacement= |Ship length={{convert|22.5|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|6.4|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= {{convert|1.4|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= |Ship depth= |Ship decks= |Ship power=(as built) 2 x Bergius Kelvin RS.6 6-Cyl engines (2000) 2 x Scania D9 93M35 turbocharged six-cylinder diesel engines rated at 257 hp at 1,900 rpm{{cite web| url=http://www.pobail.ie/en/Islands/file,4155,en.doc| format=DOC| title=Review of Certain Subsidised Ferry Services to the Islands| publisher=Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs| accessdate=2009-08-02}} |Ship propulsion= |Ship speed= 8 knots |Ship capacity= 140 passengers (27 winter) and six cars |Ship crew=3 |Ship notes= }} |
MV Canna is a car ferry built for Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac) in 1975. She spent 21 years in various locations on the west of Scotland and 20 years at Rathlin Island, Northern Island, before moving to Arranmore.
History
MV Canna was the seventh of eight Island-class ferries built for Caledonian MacBrayne.
In November 2000, she was re-engined at Timbacraft, Shandon.
In May 2009, MV Canna became the first Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd ship to receive its Inventory of Hazardous Materials (green passport).{{cite web| url=http://www.lr.org/news_and_events/press-releases/173040-a-green-first--lloyds-register-and-caledonian-maritime-assets-limited-working-to-help-assure-environmental-protection-in-marine-operations.aspx| title=A green first| publisher=Lloyds Register| date=2 June 2009| accessdate=2009-08-02| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716074422/http://www.lr.org/news_and_events/press-releases/173040-a-green-first--lloyds-register-and-caledonian-maritime-assets-limited-working-to-help-assure-environmental-protection-in-marine-operations.aspx| archivedate=16 July 2011| df=dmy-all}}{{cite web| url=http://www.cmassets.co.uk/news.html| title=News:Green Passport| publisher=Caledonian Maritime Assets| date=12 June 2009| accessdate=2009-08-02}}
Layout
The eight Island-class ferries, built between 1972 and 1976, were a very simple design, based on World War II landing craft. They had a two-part folding ramp at the bow, an open-plan car deck incorporating a small turntable immediately aft, and a sheltered area of passenger accommodation at the stern. The wheelhouse was above the passenger accommodation, and the main mast was above the ramp at the bow. A radar mast sat atop the bridge, just forward of the small funnel and engine exhaust.{{cite web| url=http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/ff_island_class.asp| title=Island Class Vessels| publisher=Ships of Calmac| accessdate=2009-08-02}}
Service
MV Canna entered service with CalMac on the Raasay route in January 1976, initially from Portree, but this soon changed to a shorter crossing from Sconser.{{cite web| url=http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/ships.asp?vessel=canna| title=MV Canna| publisher=Ships of Calmac| accessdate=15 January 2021}} After only 3 months, she was moved to the Lochaline crossing to Mull, where she remained for the next 10 years. In 1986, MV Loch Linnhe and then the larger {{MV|Isle of Cumbrae}} replaced Canna. After two years as spare vessel, Canna spent seven years crossing between Kyles Scalpay on Harris and the slipway on Scalpay - a crossing of just three minutes.
In April 1997, she took over the Ballycastle - Rathlin Island crossing in Northern Ireland,{{cite web| url=http://www.shipsofcalmac.co.uk/ships-1/bruernish| title=MV Bruernish| publisher=Ships of Calmac| accessdate=2009-08-02}} replacing {{MV|Bruernish}}.{{cite web| url=https://www.niferry.co.uk/mv-canna/| title=Vessel Profile: MV Canna| date=17 November 2019| publisher=NIFerrySite| accessdate=31 January 2020}} She was operated by CalMac until 2008, when Rathlin Island Ferry Ltd took over the service, leasing the vessel from Caledonian Maritime Assets.{{cite web| url=http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/news/news-drd/news-drd-april-2008/news-drd-210408-improved-service-for.htm| title=Improved service for Rathlin ferry will half travel time| date=21 April 2008| publisher=Northern Ireland Executive| accessdate=2009-08-02}} After 20 years, in 2017, Canna was replaced by a new vessel, Spirit of Rathlin. Her future became uncertain and she was laid up at Burtonport, alongside her sisters, {{MV|Rhum}} and {{MV|Morvern}}.
She was bought for service at Arranmore in County Donegal, Ireland, before April 2018. By January 2020, she had been upgraded for the Arranmore service along with fellow Island-class ferries, Rhum, {{MV|Coll}}, and Morvern.
References
{{Commons category|IMO 7340423}}
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{{Caledonian MacBrayne ships}}
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