MV Loch Seaforth (2014)

	Arriving in Stornoway, May 2021.
History
United Kingdom
Name	MV Loch Seaforth; Scottish Gaelic: Loch Sìophort ;
Namesake	Loch Seaforth
Owner	Caledonian Maritime Assets
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 Joan Murray
In service	16 February 2015
Identification	IMO number: 9665437 ; MMSI number: 235101635; Callsign: 2GYU4;
General characteristics
Type	Passenger/Ro-Ro Cargo Ferry
Tonnage	8,680 Gross Tonnage; 2604 Net Tonnage; 1500 Deadweight;
Displacement	3496
Length	117.90 m (386 ft 10 in) (Overall) 111.14 m (364 ft 8 in) (Between Perpendiculars)
Beam	19.2 m (63 ft 0 in)
Draught	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Depth	7.0 m (23 ft 0 in)
Installed power	2 × 4000 kW Wärtsilä 8 L 32 (main); 3 × 1600 kW (generators); 2 × 700 kW (auxiliary & emergency generators); 3 × 900 kW thrusters;
Propulsion	Twin 4.10 m diameter controllable pitch propellers; 2 Bow Thrusters; 1 Stern Thruster;
Speed	19.2 kn (35.6 km/h)
Capacity	700 passengers; 143 cars (on main deck and 2 mezzanine decks), or; 20 commercial vehicles; 376 lane metres;
Crew	43
Notes

MV Loch Seaforth is a ferry operated by Caledonian MacBrayne between Stornoway and Ullapool. She was launched on 21 March 2014 and entered service in mid-February 2015, replacing both the former vessel, 1995-built MV Isle of Lewis and a chartered freight vessel (latterly MS Clipper Ranger).