And in the days before modern roads and roll-on roll-off ferries there were probably periods when the timetable seemed a pretty good deal. About 45mins before arrival at Port Ellen the first of the three southern whisky distilleries are visible on the east coast of Islay. This is a service with a long lineage. Follow more accounts to get instant updates about topics you care about. Loading seems to be taking a while.
The MV Finlaggan, Fionnlagan in Gaelic, launched in sails from Kennacraig to Port Ellen and Port Askaig on Islay. MV Finlaggan is named after the historic settlement on Eilean Mòr in Loch Finlaggan, in the north east corner of Islay.
The lifts from the car deck to all.
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MV Finlaggan is a drive-through vehicle and passenger ferry built in Poland for Caledonian Layout[edit]. Finlaggan is of ro-ro design with bow and stern ramps. She is the first CalMac ship to have "clam shell" bow doors, that open sideways. Vessel details: FINLAGGAN. Discover the vessel's basic Details, including the vessel IMO / vessel MMSI and vessel Call Sign.
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Passenger Lounge on Deck 5.

MV Hebridean Isles - Eileanan Innse Gall Onboard Facilities lounge, disabled toilets, lift for disabled, ambulance room, full meals, light snacks and packed lunches, shop, cafeteria and bar.
As it emerges from the loch the Paps of Jura spring into view, and they then command the horizon, as they will throughout your stay on Islay.
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Islay was being operated twice weekly from Glasgow around the tip of Kintyre to Islay by an ancestor company of today's CalMac. Joined January Close Your lists.
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) built a new ferry which is operated by CalMac Ferries Ltd (CFL) on the routes serving Islay from the mainland. It's been relatively quiet on our Islay Blog about Calmac Ferries.
In addition, adapting both the new vessel and the Finlaggan by ten metres.
The former was built in in Cochranes in Selby in Yorkshire and can carry 68 cars.
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Close Your lists. Kennacraig is located 6 km south of the pretty fishing village of Tarbert on the Kintyre Peninsula. Close Embed this Tweet Embed this Video. MV Finlaggan from the Bridge Wing. Accommodation for cars is increased by the insertion of a mezzanine deck which lowers for loading and unloading.
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Islay and Jura Seen from the Bridge. We've detected that JavaScript is disabled in your browser.
General Info The Hebridean Isles was launched on 4 july and delivered later that year. We and our partners operate globally and use cookies, including for analytics, personalisation, and ads. Special features of this new ferry are the mezzanine deck for 18 cars and the somewhat "posh interior" wich is much appreciated by many travellers. Or you might be taken into the Sound of Islay with close-up views of the southern end of Jura en route to Islay's second ferry terminal in the village of Port Askaig. |

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Joined January The operator on this route is Caledonian MacBrayne, mostly referred to as Calmac, and is owned by the Scottish Government.
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In this conversation. MV Hebridean Isles - Eileanan Innse Gall Onboard Facilities lounge, disabled toilets, lift for disabled, ambulance room, full meals, light snacks and packed lunches, shop, cafeteria and bar. Sign up. The former was built in in Cochranes in Selby in Yorkshire and can carry 68 cars.

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More recent times have seen the proposal re-emerge on a smaller scale, but press reports suggest that this was unable to gain the necessary support to proceed. Your arrival in Islay might take you past the white painted coastal distilleries of Ardbeg, Lagavulin and Laphroaig en route into Port Ellen, with its equally nicely painted, but no longer operational, distillery.
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Islay was being operated twice weekly from Glasgow around the tip of Kintyre to Islay by an ancestor company of today's CalMac.
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There are no services on 25 December and 1 January.