MV Juno (1974)

MV Juno leaving Rothesay (June 2005)
History
United Kingdom
Name	MV Juno
Namesake	Juno and earlier vessels, MV Juno
Operator	Caledonian MacBrayne
Port of registry	Glasgow
Route	Firth of Clyde 1974–1986: Gourock-Dunoon 1986–2000: Gourock-Dunoon/Rothesay-Wemyss Bay/Clyde Cruises 2000–2006: Gourock-Dunoon/Rothesay-Wemyss Bay 2007: Rothesay-Wemyss Bay 2007–2011: Laid up, Rosneath
Builder	James Lamont & Co, Port Glasgow
Cost	£820,000[1]
Launched	16 September 1974
Maiden voyage	2 December 1974
Identification	IMO number: 7341063
Fate	Scrapped at Rosneath, Gare Loch, May–July 2011.
General characteristics
Tonnage	854 GRT 209 DWT
Length	66.45 m (218 ft 0 in)
Beam	13.8 m (45 ft 3 in)
Draft	2.41 m (7 ft 11 in)
Depth	4 m (13 ft)
Installed power	2 × Mirrlees Blackstone 4SCSA 8-cylinder diesel engines, 1,000 bhp (750 kW) each[2]
Propulsion	2 Voith Schneider Propellers, one at each end of the hull, on the centreline
Speed	approximately 12 kn (22 km/h)
Capacity	531 passengers, 38 cars[3]
Crew	10

MV Juno was a passenger and vehicle ferry operated by Caledonian MacBrayne on the Firth of Clyde, Scotland between 1974 and 2007. She was the middle of three vessels nicknamed "streakers", the first in the Calmac fleet to be fitted with Voith Schneider Propellers . Juno left service in early 2007 and was laid up at Rosneath for 4 years. On 18 May 2011, she was beached there for scrapping and was gone by the end of July.