MV Loch Scavaig
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{{for|previous vessel known as Sound of Sanda |MV Lymington}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:Sound sanda.jpg |Ship caption=MV Sound of Sanda }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship flag=60px |Ship name=*Loch Scavaig
|Ship namesake=Sea Loch on Skye and Sanda Island |Ship owner=Caldive |Ship operator=*Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf (GVB) (1963-1996)
|Ship registry= |Ship route=*1963-1996: Amsterdam CS to Buiksloterweg |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder= Gutehoffnungshulte Sterkrade, Akflengesellschaft, Rheinwerft, Walsum, Germany |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=1002 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service=1963 |Ship out of service=2013 |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= Glasgow |Ship identification=*{{IMO Number|8928894}}{{cite web| url=http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Sound-Of-Sanda-8928894.html| title=Sound Of Sanda (IMO: 8928894)| publisher=vesseltracker.com| accessdate=2010-04-13}}
|Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship fate= |Ship status= laid up in Fort William |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=Dive Support Vessel |Ship type=Double screw steel motor roll-on/roll-off ferry |Ship tonnage=*{{DWT|211}}{{cite web| url=http://e-ships.net/index/S21.shtml| title=Ships Index - S| publisher=World Shipping Register| accessdate=12 April 2010}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length={{convert|48|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|14|m|1|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught=2.7 m |Ship draft= |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship power= 2 CAT V8 3408 marine |Ship propulsion= 2 HRP/ZF thrusters |Ship speed= 9 knots |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= was 37 cars |Ship complement=was 220 Passengers |Ship crew=4 |Ship notes= }} |
MV Loch Scavaig (ex Sound of Sanda) was a car and passenger ferry, operated until October 2013 by Western Ferries across the Firth of Clyde between Gourock and Dunoon. In 2018, Loch Scavaig was converted into a saturation dive support vessel and is now owned by Caldive.
History
Sound of Sanda was built in Walsum, Duisburg, Germany in 1963,{{cite web| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919021851/http://www.western-ferries.co.uk/fleet.shtml| archive-date=19 September 2013| url=http://www.western-ferries.co.uk:80/fleet.shtml| title=Fleet| publisher=Western Ferries| accessdate=15 March 2019| url-status=live}} for Amsterdam City Council. In the mid 1990s, she and her near sister Sound of Scalpay were purchased by Western Ferries and overhauled at Greenock before entering service as Sound of Scalpay and a second Sound of Sanda.{{cite web| url=http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dunoon/westernferries/index.html| title=Western Ferries| publisher=Undiscovered Scotland| accessdate=12 April 2010}} The earlier Sound of Sanda, as {{MV|Lymington}}, had previously been an Isle of Wight ferry. Sound of Sanda entered service with Western Ferries in 1996.{{cite web| url=http://www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/staff/irmurray/ferries6.asp| title=Western Ferries| accessdate=12 April 2010| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927150655/http://www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/staff/irmurray/ferries6.asp| archivedate=27 September 2011| df=dmy-all}}
On the acquisition of two brand new ferries in October 2013, Sanda along with her sister ship Sound of Scalpay were disposed of by Western Ferries. Both vessels were sold to The Underwater Centre, Fort William, Highland for conversion to dive barges for the training of commercial divers.{{cite web| url=http://forargyll.com/2013/10/western-ferries-boats-leaving-14-00-today-for-new-life-at-fort-william/| title=Western Ferries boats leaving for new life at Fort William| publisher=forargyll.com| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217223947/http://forargyll.com/2013/10/western-ferries-boats-leaving-14-00-today-for-new-life-at-fort-william/| archive-date=17 December 2013| accessdate=15 March 2019}}
From January to June 2018, she was converted into a saturation dive vessel, funded by Subsea 7 and TechnipFMC. She was renamed Loch Scavaig but was only in service for 3 months until October 2018 when The Underwater Centre ceased trading and entered administration with the loss of 48 jobs in the Fort William area.{{Cite news| url=https://divernet.com/2018/10/21/the-underwater-centre-closes-its-doors/| title=The Underwater Centre Closes Its Doors| publisher=Divernet| date=21 October 2018| accessdate=15 March 2019}}
Loch Scavaig was purchased at auction by Caldive of Invergordon at the start of 2019 and is currently laid up with her sister ship Loch Sunart (ex Sound of Scalpay, built in 1961 and converted to a ROV support vessel). She has recently {{when|date=March 2019}} taken part in some subsea trials.{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}}
Layout
Service
Gemeentepont 24 operated from Amsterdam CS to Buiksloterweg in Amsterdam-Noord (now route NH25) between 1963 and 1996.{{cite web| url=https://www.kusee.nl/veerboten/020-detail.php?nr=NH25#20| title=Ferries in The Netherlands| publisher=Wim Kusee| language=NL| accessdate=16 March 2019}}
As Sound of Sanda, she operated Western Ferries{{'}} Clyde service between McInroy's Point (Gourock) and Hunters Quay (Dunoon) until 2013.
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