MV Countess of Breadalbane

MV Countess of Breadalbane was a steamer launched in 1936 at the William Denny shipyard, Dumbarton, for Caledonian Steam Packet Company for service on Loch Awe.

[3] The Countess of Breadalbane was built for the Caledonian Steam Packet Company operating services on Loch Awe for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

The regular daily weekday sailing was set to connect with train services at Loch Awe pier.

In 1952 the steam packet company decided to relocate her to the River Clyde[5] and to move her 17 miles (27 km) overland to Loch Fyne.

They chartered her to Staffin Marine in 1979 and she operated in the Sound of Iona until 1982 On 16 April 1982 she was lifted from the Clyde at Finnieston Quay[10] and transported by road to Balloch Pier station christened Countess Fiona (by and after Fiona Gore, Countess of Arran) and launched into Loch Lomond.

The Countess of Bredalbane being moved from Loch Awe in 1952