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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: MV Pentalina-B, Caledonian MacBrayne fleet, MV Glen Sannox, MV Claymore, MV Isle of Arran, MV Pioneer, MV Hebridean Princess, David MacBrayne Ltd, Caledonian Steam Packet Company, MV Clansman, MV Juno, MV Hebrides, MV Arran, MV Jupiter, MV Hebridean Isles, MV Muirneag, MV Isle of Mull, MV Canna, MV Cowal, MV Maid of Cumbrae, MV Loch Alainn, MV Bute, MV Loch Bhrusda, MV Caledonian Isles, MV Loch Fyne, MV Loch Dunvegan, MV Maid of Skelmorlie, MV Keppel, MV Lochnevis, MV Saturn, MV Maid of Argyll, MV Coruisk, MV Loch Portain, MV Eigg, MV Argyle, MV Lochmor, MV Maid of Ashton, MV Lord of the Isles, MV Loch Tarbert, MV Isle of Cumbrae, MV Loch Linnhe, MV Raasay, MV Isle of Lewis, MV Suilven, MV Loch Shira, MV Loch Buie, MV Loch Riddon, MV Loch Striven, MV Loch Ranza, MV Ali Cat, Sea Road to Rothesay. Excerpt: Caledonian MacBrayne (usually shortened to Cal Mac; Caledonian Mac a' Bhriuthainn in Scottish Gaelic) is the major operator of passenger and vehicle ferries, and ferry services, between the mainland of Scotland and 22 of the major islands on Scotland's west coast. It is publicly owned and controlled by the Scottish Government. The Caledonian MacBrayne headquarters building at Gourock pierhead and a visit from MV Caledonian Isles and MV Isle of Mull MacBrayne's, initially known as David Hutcheson & Co., began in 1851 as a private steamship operator when G. and J. Burns, operators of the largest of the Clyde fleets, decided to concentrate on coastal and transatlantic services and handed control of their river and Highland steamers to a new company in which Hutcheson, their manager of these services, became senior partner. Their main route went from Glasgow down the Firth of Clyde through the Crinan Canal to Oban and Fort William, and on through the Caledonian Canal to Inverness. With the retirement of the founders of ...
