MV Lochfyne was a MacBrayne mail steamer, built in 1931 for the West Highland service, the first British coastal passenger ship with diesel-electric propulsion.
[4] Lochfyne was the first British coastal passenger ship with diesel-electric propulsion[1][3] and the first in the fleet to have the option of bridge-controlled engines.
Lochfyne was built for summer cruising in the Western Isles and the Ardrishaig mail service in winter.
[3] She was not commissioned during World War II and maintained the Ardrishaig mail from Wemyss Bay until the return of King George V in 1946.
She spent some early summers cruising out of Oban, with MV Lochnevis substituting on the Clyde.