MV Sleat was formally known as 'Sound of Sleat' when she was the Dunoon ferry operated by Western Ferries.
Now owned by the Professional Diving Academy in Dunoon as a diver training vessel, she is anchored permanently in the Holy Loch.
Now owned by the Professional Diving Academy in Dunoon as a diver training vessel, she is anchored permanently in the Holy Loch.
She sails from Scotland, Ireland, and England.
The photographs were taken at Oban.
MRV Scotia was built by Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd at Port Glasgow for the then Scottish Office and completed early in 1998. Operating from her home port in Aberdeen, Scotia is used for fish stock assessment and environmental monitoring in the North Sea and north Atlantic waters. She carries a crew of 18 and can accommodate up to 12 scientists.
Photographed here passing Erskine on her way down the Clyde.