MS Clipper Ranger

	Clipper Ranger passing Arnish lighthouse near Stornoway on 19 September 2013
History
Name	Dart 7 (January 1999); Lembitu (September 1999); Celtic Sun (March 2000); Lembitu (October 2001); RR Challenge (April 2005); Challenge (October 2007); Clipper Ranger (June 2008); CTMA Voyaguer 2 (December 2019-Present);
Owner	Until 2019: Challenge Shipping Co.; December 2019 - present: Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien (CTMA);
Operator	Until 2019: Seatruck Ferries; 2013 - 2015: CalMac (Charter); July 2019 - December 2019: Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien (CTMA) (Charter); December 2019 - present: Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien (CTMA);
Port of registry	1998–2005: Tallinn, Estonia; 2005–2013: Valletta, Malta; 2013-2019: Douglas, Isle of Man; 2019- present: Cap-aux-Meules, Canada;
Route	until late 2012: Heysham–Belfast route; 2013-2015: Stornoway–Ullapool route; Late 2015-2019: Heysham–Belfast route; July 2019: Souris–Cap-aux-Meules route, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada;
Ordered	20 September 1994
Builder	Astilleros de Huelva, Huelva, Spain
Yard number	570
Laid down	13 May 1996
Launched	21 June 1997
Completed	4 April 1998
Identification	Call sign: 2GFG4; IMO number: 9119402; MMSI number: 235096891;
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	R Class
Tonnage	7,606 GT; 2,282 NT; 5,758 DWT;
Length	122.32 m (401 ft 4 in)
Beam	19.80 m (65 ft 0 in)
Draught	6.21 m (20 ft 4 in)
Installed power	7,400 kilowatts (9,900 hp) total
Propulsion	Main: 2 x 9 cylinder Wärtsilä 9R32 diesel engines.; Auxiliary: 2 x 600 kilowatts (800 hp) Wärtsilä engines.; 600 kilowatts (800 hp) Ulstein bow thruster;
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Capacity	12 passengers, 88 trailers
Crew	20

MV CTMA Voyaguer 2 is a freight ferry built in 1998, owned and operated by Coopérative de Transport Maritime et Aérien (CTMA) on the Souris to Cap-aux-Meules route.

She was owned by Seatruck Ferries from 2005 to 2019. In September 2013, she was chartered to Caledonian MacBrayne for the freight service between Ullapool and Stornoway. In 2019 she was chartered then bought by CTMA and transferred across the Atlantic to Canada.

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