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MV ''Hoy Head'' is a Ro-Ro vehicle ferry operated by Orkney Ferries. ==History== MV ''Hoy Head'' was built by Appledore Shipbuilders in North Devon in 1994.〔 In 2013, the ferry entered Cammell Laird shipyard to be lengthened to increase her capacity. The work involved cutting the ferry in half and inserting a newly built section amidships, as well as a general overhaul which included upgraded passenger and crew spaces, uprated engines, replacement of the steering/propulsion units and the addition of a second bow thruster.〔 She is the fourth vessel of the same name. An earlier one was a former naval ferry (originally MFV 1258) operating from Houton to Lyness.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=No: 1157 Hoy Head coming in to Lyness in 1975 )〕 She was fitted with a 150 hp Gardener engine, but now lies derelict in Irvine harbour.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=No: 1482 Hoy Head nowadays )〕 ''Hoy Head (III)'' was built in the Faroe Islands in 1973 for Shetland Islands Council, operating as ''Geira'', between Yell and Unst. She was sold to the Orkney Island Shipping Company in 1986 and superseded in 1991 by ''Thorsvoe'', remaining as the secondary ferry to the South Isles until the introduction of ''Hoy Head (IV)'' in 1994. Steamship ''Hoy Head'', built by Abercorn Shipbuilding Co. of Paisley, was launched on 18 October 1883 and sank off Cornwall on 12 November 1887.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=No: 24 Hoy Head at Scapa )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MV Hoy Head」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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