MV Glen Rosa
MV Glen Rosa fitting out at Newark Quay, August 2024 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Glen Rosa |
| Namesake | Glen Rosa on the Isle of Arran |
| Owner | Caledonian Maritime Assets |
| Operator | Caledonian MacBrayne |
| Port of registry | Glasgow |
| Route | Troon - Brodick |
| Ordered | 16 October 2015 |
| Builder | Ferguson Marine, Port Glasgow, Scotland |
| Cost | £97 million original contract for two ferries; £380 million as of June 2024, and £45 million loan written off. |
| Yard number | 802 |
| Laid down | 16 June 2016 |
| Launched | 9 April 2024 |
| Christened | by Beth Atkinson |
| Completed | Q4 2026 (expected) |
| Identification | IMO number: 9794525 |
| Status | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 1,273 DWT |
| Length | 102.4 m (335 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 17 m (55 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power | 2 × Wärtsilä 34DF diesels. |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 14.5 kn (26.85 km/h) |
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MV Glen Rosa (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Ruasaidh) is a car and passenger ferry, the second of two major vessels constructed at Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow for the Scottish Government asset company Caledonian Maritime Assets to lease to its ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne. Originally planned for Uig based services, she will serve Arran. Like her sister ship, Glen Sannox, she is to be a dual-fuel ferry, capable of operating on either marine gas oil, or LNG which offers a marked reduction in sulphur, nitrous oxide and carbon emissions. The ship's name was chosen from a shortlist by public ballot on 30 August 2023.
The sister ship, Glen Sannox, had been substantially incomplete when launched on 21 November 2017 and moved to the shipyard's Newark Quay. At that point, the slipway became available for the two sections of Hull 802 (Glen Rosa) to be brought together. There was a sequence delays, As of December 2025, she was expected to be delivered no earlier than October 2026.