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At Drumnadrochit is the "Loch Ness Centre and Exhibition" [11] which examines the natural history and legend of Loch Ness. Boat cruises operate from various locations on the loch shore, giving visitors the chance to look for the "monster". Urquhart Castle is located on the western shore, 2 kilometres (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles) east of Drumnadrochit.
Loch Morar is the deepest of the UK's lakes and Loch Awe the longest. Murray and Pullar (1910) note that the mean depth of Loch Ness is 57.4% of the maximum depth – higher than in any other large deep loch in Scotland. [2] The deepest lake in England is Wast Water which descends to 76 metres (249 ft).
SS Lochness was a mail steamer, built by Harland and Wolff, Govan, the first of four new vessels built under the terms of the constitution of the new company, David MacBrayne (1928) Ltd. [4] She was the third vessel to carry the name and the last steamship ordered by MacBrayne's. [5]
Expectation was that the boat could achieve more than 200 mph (320 km/h). [4] The boat was destroyed and Cobb killed on 29 September 1952 when on a world record attempt at Loch Ness, Scotland. Fifty years later on 5 July 2002 the wreckage of Crusader was discovered by the Loch Ness Project in 200 m (660 ft) of water. [5]
Traditional working boats on Lough Neagh include wide-beamed 4.9-to-6.4-metre (16 to 21 ft) clinker-built, sprit-rigged working boats and smaller flat-bottomed "cots" and "flats". Barges, here called "lighters", were used until the 1940s to transport coal over the lough and adjacent canals.
[2] [3] The volume of water in Loch Ness is nearly double that in all the lakes of England and Wales combined. [1] Murray and Pullar also note that the mean depth of Loch Ness is 57.4% of the maximum depth – higher than in any other large deep loch, with Loch Avich coming closest at 52.4%. [4]
M.V. Comet Purchased 1907. First motor vessel in fleet. Built as Win in London 1905. Sold 1946. Now houseboat at Shoreham Name Gradley. M.V. Scout Built 1907 at Ardrossan. Beached in Loch Leven after fire in 1913. Total Loss. M.V. Lochinvar Built 1908 at Bowling. Sold 1961 renamed Anzio 1. Lost off Norfolk coast 1n 1966. All 13 crew lost.
Lochfyne was built by William Denny and Brothers for David MacBrayne Ltd, [3] the last of four vessels built following the restructuring of the company in 1928. [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.