MV Loch Sunart (ex-Gemeente Pont 23 then Sound of Scalpay) was a car and passenger ferry, originally operated in Amsterdam, and then by Western Ferries across the Firth of Clyde between Gourock and Dunoon in Scotland until October 2013. In 2018, Loch Sunart was converted into an ROV support vessel and is now owned by Caldive.
Thanks to: Steven Grindrod
''This is Loch Sunart, Loch Scavaig is the ex-ferry still moored off the end of the TUC pier. It is this one that was converted for closed bell training by TUC, SS7 and Acergy 2017-18. It was renamed “DD1 - Deep Diver 1” after it was converted. Although CalDive did buy both of the ferries after TUC went bust “DD1” is currently owned by JFD Ltd., a branch of James Fisher Defence, who have a base at the Hyperbaric Centre in Aberdeen.''
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History
Gemeente Pont 23 was built in Arnhem, Netherlands in 1962, for Amsterdam City Council.
In the mid 1990s, she and her near sister Gemeente Pont 24 were purchased by Western Ferries for service on the Clyde. They were overhauled at Greenock and renamed Sound of Scalpay and Sound of Sanda before entering service at McInroy's Point.
On the acquisition of two brand new ferries in October 2013, Scalpay and Sound of Sanda were sold to The Underwater Centre, Fort William, Highland for conversion to dive barges for the training of commercial divers. Scalpay was converted into an ROV support vessel and renamed Loch Sunart.
In October 2018, The Underwater Centre ceased trading and entered administration. Loch Sunart was purchased at auction by Caldive of Invergordon at the start of 2019 and laid up with her sister ship Loch Scavaig at Fort William.
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