Pentland Ferries buy another ship

February 17, 2015 at 10:14 am

The Saturn, which will be heading for Orkney waters.

Pentland Ferries is to buy the former Caledonian MacBrayne ferry Saturn.

The owners of the ship, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) has confirmed the move.

The Saturn was launched in 1977 at the Ailsa Shipyard in Troon and entered service the following year. She was retired from the CMAL fleet in September 2011 and has been laid up at Rosneath since.

The vessel will be sold to Pentland Ferries for freight work and working with the renewable energy sector around Orkney and the Pentland Firth.

Tom Docherty, CEO, CMAL said: “The mv Saturn is the last in the line of Clyde Streakers and spent most of her time on the Wemyss Bay to Rothesay service on the Clyde during her 33 years of service. We are delighted that she is to be refurbished and able to carry on sailing in the north of Scotland and we wish her new owner’s years of continued service.”

Pentland Ferries previously owned two other ex-Caledonian MacBrayne ferries – the Iona, later renamed Pentalina B, and the Claymore.