Bigga (Ferry)

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Ferry Details
Name: Bigga
Built: J. E. Miller & Sons, St Monance, Scotland
Entered Service: April 19th 1991
Passengers:
Cars: 21
Crew:
Length: 33.0m
Breadth: 10.1m
Draught: 3.85m
GRT 274T
Out of Service: Still in service 2009
Bigga in Yell Sound 20th of June 1991.Photo from Shetland Museum and Archives.
Bigga in Yell Sound 20th of June 1991.
Photo from Shetland Museum and Archives.

On 19 April 1991 the Bigga entered service, being the first true three lane ferry in Shetland.
The vessel is named after the island of Bigga in Yell Sound.

Bigga was first on the Yell Sound service until 2004, when the Daggri and the Dagalien arrived, then she becacame a spare vessel for a while.
Now, (2009), she is on the Bluemull Sound service.


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