The Majestic Line
Company typePrivate
IndustryTransport
Founded2004
Founders
  • Ken Grant
  • Andy Thoms
HeadquartersSandbank, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
Area served
ServicesCruising
WebsiteThe 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, 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]


Fleet

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
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.

See also

References

  1. ^ Batten, Rhiannon (13 September 2008). "Western Scotland: Wave hello". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Mc Luckie, Kirsty (2 July 2013). "Travel: Sea the sights on Inner Hebrides". The Scotsman. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  3. ^ Staff writer (17 December 2015). "Majestic Line launches mini cruise ship". Scottish Business News Inverness. Scottish Business News Network. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  4. ^ Forgione, Mary (31 March 2016). "New 'mini' cruise ship will explore Scotland's most inaccessible islands". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 April 2016.

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