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Name

PORTREE II

Previous names

Portree

Type

Diving vessel - Landing craft

Call sign

MNLB2

Flag

United Kingdom

Port of registry

Penzance

GT

51 t

Length

21,64 m

Breadth

6,46 m

Draught

Summer: 1,52 m

Speed

9,6 knots

Built

1965

Builder

James Lamont & Co.(as a turntable ferry)
Port Glasgow
Scotland
United kingdom

Rebuild

1968 For bow loading by Richards (Shipbuilders) Ltd, Lowestoft - United Kingdom

Yard number

403

Main engine

1969

2x Perkins Engines M6cy combustion engine 136 kW / 172 bhp

Crew

4

Operator

Mojo Maritime

Owner

Mojo Maritime Ltd.
Mojo House
Relubbus Vean
Cornwall TR20 9EL

Penzance
United Kingdom

Previous owners

British Transport Commission (Railway Executive, Scottish Region), Glasgow - United kingdom
1957 The Caledonian Steam Packet Co Ltd, Glasgow - United kingdom
1965 Gerald A Lee, Bangor, Co Down
1967 United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, London (optd Harwich Navigation C. Harwich)
1973 Ministry of Defence. (later) Mojo Maritime Co, Penzance - United Kingdom

Remarks

Former Caledonian Steam Packet Co Car ferry