Rhenania Junior
RJ 290 Loch Seaforth
$ 76.00
New 1/1250 scale model of the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry Loch Seaforth by Rhenania Junior (RJ 290).
MV Loch Seaforth was launched on 21 March 2014 and entered service on 16 February 2015, replacing MV Isle of Lewis on the crossing between Stornoway and Ullapool. Built by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft MBH and Co KG in Germany.
| History | |
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| Name: | MV Loch Seaforth, "Loch Shìophort" |
| Namesake: | Loch Seaforth |
| Owner: | Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd. |
| Operator: | Caledonian MacBrayne |
| Port of registry: | Glasgow |
| Route: | Stornoway-Ullapool |
| Ordered: | 22 June 2012 |
| Builder: | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft MBH and Co KG, Flensburg, Germany |
| Cost: | £42 million |
| Yard number: | 764 |
| Launched: | 21 March 2014 |
| Christened: | by Mrs Joan Murray |
| In service: | 16 February 2015 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Passenger |
| Tonnage: | 7800 |
| Length: | 116 metres (381 ft) |
| Beam: | 18.4 metres (60 ft). |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Wärtsilä, 3 x auxiliary |
| Speed: | 19.2 knots (22.1 mph; service speed) |
| Capacity: | 700 passengers, 143 cars |
