The Majestic Line
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}
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| type = Private
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| foundation = 2004
| founders = {{ubl|Ken Grant|Andy Thoms}}
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| location = Sandbank, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
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| area_served = {{ubl|Islands of the Clyde|Inner Hebrides}}
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| industry = Transport
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| services = Cruising
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| homepage = [http://www.themajesticline.co.uk/ The Majestic Line]
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The Majestic Line (Scotland) Ltd, West Coast Cruises, is a private cruise line with its headquarters in the Sandbank Marina on the Cowal Peninsula in the West of Scotland. Founded in 2004, it is named after a fictional shipping company that featured in Neil Munro's Tales of Para Handy.
{{As of|2019|}}, the line operates cruises from Oban to the Outer Hebrides, North West Coast Mainland, through the heart of Scotland via the Caledonian Canal, the Island of Mull, the Isle of Skye and the Small Isles, Islands of the Clyde (Firth of Clyde) and the Inner Hebrides.
Fleet
The company runs a fleet of four vessels, Glen Massan and Glen Tarsan are converted fishing trawlers, Glen Etive and Glen Shiel are purpose-built vessels, that have the look and feel of a 1930s "gentleman’s motor yacht".{{cite news|author1=Staff writer|title=Majestic Line launches mini cruise ship|url=http://www.aberdeenbusinessnews.co.uk/inverness/item/8719-majestic-line-launches-mini-cruise-ship|accessdate=3 April 2016|work=Scottish Business News Inverness|publisher=Scottish Business News Network|date=17 December 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Forgione|first1=Mary|title=New 'mini' cruise ship will explore Scotland's most inaccessible islands|url=http://www.latimes.com/travel/cruises/la-trb-scotland-majestic-line-20160330-story.html|accessdate=3 April 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=31 March 2016}}
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| MV Glen Massan | align=center| 4 | align=center| 11 | Cruise ship | Ireland | {{nowrap|Entered cruise ship service in 2006.}} |
| MV Glen Tarsan | align=center| 4 | align=center| 11 | Cruise ship | Ireland | Entered cruise ship service in 2007. |
| MV Glen Etive | align=center| 4 | align=center| 12 | Cruise ship | {{nowrap|Isle of Bute, Scotland}} | Entered service in 2016. |
| MV Glen Shiel | align=center| 4 | align=center| 12 | Cruise ship | {{nowrap|Isle of Bute, Scotland}} | Entered service in 2019. |
See also
{{Portal|Transport|Companies|Scotland}}
References
External links
- [http://www.themajesticline.co.uk/ The Majestic Line]
- [https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/apr/26/top100.flightfreeholidays "Goodbye check-in, hello world"] – review in The Guardian of a cruise on the Glen Massan.
- [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/2156674/Mini-cruise-A-perfect-way-to-test-the-waters.html "Mini-cruise: A perfect way to test the waters"] – review in The Daily Telegraph, London, of a cruise on the Glen Massan.
- [http://www.smh.com.au/travel/activity/cruises/sailing-in-search-of-serenity-20130912-2tm35.html "Sailing in search of serenity"] – review in The Sydney Morning Herald of a cruise on the Glen Massan.
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Category:Companies based in Argyll and Bute