The old spelling, however, is appropriate as the ship’s most prominent ancestor was a paddle steamer built in 1866 and sold by her original owner within a month to the Wemyss Bay Steam Boat Company.

Like the MV Coruisk before her, she has bow and stern access and in addition she has a starboard vehicle ramp aft which was used at Rothesay before the pier was converted to allow end-loading.

[citation needed] In June 2015 her turbo charger had a problem that led to a massive amount of smoke coming out of her engine room.

She diverted back to Wemyss Bay and berthed stern in while fire fighters, ambulance and police were at the scene.

[citation needed] Because of works at Wemyss Bay pier, Argyle and Bute were temporarily relocated to Gourock in October 2015, making each crossing an hour long.