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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Transport |
Founded | 2004 |
Founders |
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Headquarters | Sandbank, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. |
Area served | |
Services | Cruising |
Website | The Majestic Line |
The Majestic Line (Scotland) Ltd, West Coast Cruises, is a private cruise line with its headquarters in the Sandbank Marina on the Cowal Peninsula in the West of Scotland. Founded in 2004, it is named after a fictional shipping company that featured in Neil Munro's Tales of Para Handy. [1] [2]
As of 2019 [update], the line operates cruises from Oban to the Outer Hebrides, North West Coast Mainland, through the heart of Scotland via the Caledonian Canal, the Island of Mull, the Isle of Skye and the Small Isles, Islands of the Clyde ( Firth of Clyde) and the Inner Hebrides. [2]
The company runs a fleet of four vessels, Glen Massan and Glen Tarsan are converted fishing trawlers, [2] Glen Etive and Glen Shiel are purpose-built vessels, that have the look and feel of a 1930s “gentleman’s motor yacht”. [3] [4]
Name | Crew | Passengers | Type | Built | Notes |
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MV Glen Massan | 4 | 11 | Cruise ship | Ireland | Entered cruise ship service in 2006. |
MV Glen Tarsan | 4 | 11 | Cruise ship | Ireland | Entered cruise ship service in 2007. |
MV Glen Etive | 4 | 12 | Cruise ship | Isle of Bute, Scotland | Entered service in 2016. |
MV Glen Shiel | 4 | 12 | Cruise ship | Isle of Bute, Scotland | Entered service in 2019. |
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Transport |
Founded | 2004 |
Founders |
|
Headquarters | Sandbank, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. |
Area served | |
Services | Cruising |
Website | The Majestic Line |
The Majestic Line (Scotland) Ltd, West Coast Cruises, is a private cruise line with its headquarters in the Sandbank Marina on the Cowal Peninsula in the West of Scotland. Founded in 2004, it is named after a fictional shipping company that featured in Neil Munro's Tales of Para Handy. [1] [2]
As of 2019 [update], the line operates cruises from Oban to the Outer Hebrides, North West Coast Mainland, through the heart of Scotland via the Caledonian Canal, the Island of Mull, the Isle of Skye and the Small Isles, Islands of the Clyde ( Firth of Clyde) and the Inner Hebrides. [2]
The company runs a fleet of four vessels, Glen Massan and Glen Tarsan are converted fishing trawlers, [2] Glen Etive and Glen Shiel are purpose-built vessels, that have the look and feel of a 1930s “gentleman’s motor yacht”. [3] [4]
Name | Crew | Passengers | Type | Built | Notes |
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MV Glen Massan | 4 | 11 | Cruise ship | Ireland | Entered cruise ship service in 2006. |
MV Glen Tarsan | 4 | 11 | Cruise ship | Ireland | Entered cruise ship service in 2007. |
MV Glen Etive | 4 | 12 | Cruise ship | Isle of Bute, Scotland | Entered service in 2016. |
MV Glen Shiel | 4 | 12 | Cruise ship | Isle of Bute, Scotland | Entered service in 2019. |