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For other ships with the same name, see Caledonia (ship).

MV Caledonia was a roll-on roll-off vehicle ferry operated by Caledonian MacBrayne in Scotland.

History

Built as Stena Baltica in 1966, she operated on various Scandinavian routes.[2]

In 1970, she was acquired by the Caledonian Steam Packet Company and rebuilt at Scott Lithgow in Greenock. Renamed Caledonia, she replaced MV Glen Sannox, on the Isle of Arran route, becoming the first roll-on roll-off ferry on this route.[3] She soon proved too small for the route (as well as criticisms of her abilities, being replaced by MV Clansman) and was moved to Oban, until April 1988, when she was replaced by the larger MV Isle of Mull.

Purchased for conversion to a floating restaurant, she was laid up in Dundee until December 1988, when she was sold for service in Italy, as Heidi.[3] In 2005, she sank at her moorings in Naples,[3] she was re-floated and towed to Aliağa, Turkey for scrapping.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Caledonia - IMO 6513451". Shipspotting.com. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b "MV Caledonia". Ships of Calmac. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Caledonian MacBrayne - Former Vessels". Iain Murray. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  4. ^ "M / S Stena Baltica" (in Swedish). Fakta om Fartyg (Facts about Ships). Retrieved 13 January 2011.


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