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MV ''Loch Seaforth'' was the Stornoway mailboat operated by David MacBrayne Ltd, from 1947 until 1972. Running aground and sinking in 1973, she blocked the Tiree pier, until removed for scrapping. ==History== Built in 1947, ''Loch Seaforth'' was the delayed second of two mailboats ordered in 1938; the first, had entered service in 1939.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=History - Loch Saforth )〕 Larger and faster than her predecessors, she rapidly became a success at Stornoway. ''Loch Seaforth'' remained the biggest MacBrayne ship until the 1964 car ferries.〔 She is the only MacBrayne vessel to have been written off whilst on passenger service.〔 She developed a reputation with the press for mishap, with groundings in Kyle, Mallaig and off Longay. The second of those, in 1966, left her high and dry for 2 days.〔 On 22 March 1973, she ran aground on Cleit Rock in the Sound of Gunna. All passengers were safely taken off and she was towed to Gott Bay, Tiree. A bulkhead gave way when she was pumped out and she sank completely, blocking Tiree's only pier until 11 May, when the former Stornoway mail boat was lifted onto the beach. She was re-floated and towed to Troon for scrapping.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Fleet Features - The Sinking of Loch Seaforth )〕 On 8 April 2013, Caledonian Maritime Assets announced that the new £42 million replacement ferry for the Stornoway to Ullapool crossing, ordered in June 2012, had been named , the name of which won a competition run by CMAL, and thus reviving the name of the MacBrayne's mail steamer. She is being constructed at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft in Germany, with building to start in September 2013. ''Loch Seaforth'' (II) is expected be launched on 21 February 2014, before being delivered to CMAL in June that year, replacing the current vessel on the route, the of 1995. 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 Loch Seaforth (1947)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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