MV Glen Rosa
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MV Glen Rosa (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Ruasaidh) is a Scottish dual-fuel car and passenger ferry currently under construction at Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow on the River Clyde. She is expected to enter service with Caledonian MacBrayne on the Ardrossan to Brodick route, serving the Isle of Arran. Known as Hull 802 during construction, the vessel was initially expected to enter service in 2019, however it has been the subject of an ongoing political scandal known as the "ferry fiasco" owing to increased costs and lengthy delays to her construction, which as of September 2023 have pushed its in-service date back to 2025.[6]
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Public at launch, 9 April 2024. | |
History | |
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Name | Glen Rosa |
Namesake | Glen Rosa on the Isle of Arran |
Owner | Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited |
Operator | Caledonian MacBrayne |
Port of registry | Glasgow |
Route | Ardrossan - Brodick |
Ordered | 2016 |
Builder | Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd., Scotland |
Cost | £97 million contract for two ferries, current cost estimate £250 million[1] |
Yard number | 802 |
Laid down | 16 June 2016 |
Launched | 9 April 2024 |
Christened | by Beth Atkinson |
Completed | May 2025 (expected) |
Identification | IMO number: 9794525 |
Status | Under construction |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 1,273 DWT[2] |
Length | 102.4 m (335 ft 11 in)[2] |
Beam | 17 m (55 ft 9 in)[2] |
Draught | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)[2] |
Installed power | 2 × Wärtsilä 34DF diesels.[3] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 14.5 kn (26.85 km/h)[2] |
Capacity |
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The name Glen Rosa was chosen by public vote in August 2023.[7][8]