Date: 06/10/2021

Lifeline ferry services were suspended yesterday after one of the oldest of CalMac's ageing ferry fleet broke down for the second time in three weeks due to an engine problem.

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On 3rd April 2018 the slipways on both sides of the Kyles of Bute crossing were part way through a comprehensive rebuild and MV Loch Dunvegan was operating from a temporary slipway, slightly to the south of the usual facility at Colintraive.
Location: Colintraive
Company: Piers on the Firth of Clyde
03/04/2018 Mark Bartlett

Calmac MV Loch Dunvegan is mid way across the narrow eastern Kyle of Bute on a misty morning in April 2018. This image, taken from the viewpoint on the A8003 Tighnabruaich road, shows the point where Loch Riddon meets the Kyles at the northern tip of Bute.
Location: Colintraive
Company: Piers on the Firth of Clyde
07/04/2018 Mark Bartlett

MV Red Baroness, a versatile landing-craft design operated by Troon Tug Co Ltd (a sort of modern day Clyde Puffer), makes its way through the Kyles of Bute with a cargo of fish farm supplies on a dreich 3rd April 2018. In the background MV Loch Dunvegan is at Rhubodach about to return to Colintraive.
Location: Rhubodach
Company: Piers on the Firth of Clyde
03/04/2018 Mark Bartlett

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