MV Hebrides (1963)

Hebrides at Tarbert
History
United Kingdom
Name
  • MV Hebrides
  • 1985: Devonian
  • 1994: Illyria
Owner
OperatorDavid MacBrayne Ltd
Port of registryLeith then Glasgow
RouteUig, Skye - Tarbert - Lochmaddy
Builder
Cost£2 million for the three ships
Yard number910
Launched20 November 1963
In service15 April 1964
Identification
  • Official Number: 305301
  • Callsign: GMOV
FateScrapped 2003
General characteristics
Class & typeHoist-loading vehicle ferry
Tonnage2104 ton
Length220 ft (67.1 m)
Beam43 ft (13.1 m)
Depth13 ft (4.0 m)
PropulsionMachinery: 2 x SCSA. each 8 cyls. 10+1⁄2 in × 13+1⁄2 in (270 mm × 340 mm)
Speed14 kn (26 km/h)
Capacity600 passengers and 50 cars

MV Hebrides was the first of a trio of hoist-loading car ferries built for David MacBrayne Ltd in 1964 and operated on the Uig, Skye to Tarbert and Lochmaddy route in Scotland for over twenty years. She is the only Calmac vessel to have crossed the Atlantic. In later years, as Illyria she sailed between Italy and Albania.

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