&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:MV_Loch_Seaforth.jpg) Loch Seaforth at Mallaig in 1971.
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| History | |
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| Name | MV Loch Seaforth |
| Namesake | Loch Seaforth, sea loch between Lewis and Harris |
| Operator | David MacBrayne Ltd |
| Port of registry | Glasgow, United Kingdom |
| Route | Stornoway mail boat |
| Ordered | late 1945 |
| Builder | William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton |
| Yard number | 1404 |
| Launched | 19 May 1947[1] |
| In service | 6 December 1947 |
| Out of service | 1973 |
| Identification | Official Number |
| Fate | Broken up June 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 1,126 GRT |
| Length | 69.90 m (229 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 11 m (36 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 3.40 m (11 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power | 2 x 6-cylinder Sulzer Bros Ltd Winterthur two-stroke diesel engines, 1,800 bhp at 235 rpm |
| Propulsion | twin 3-blade propellers |
| Speed | 15 knots |
| Notes | [2] |
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.
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