Walkthrough onboard MV Alfred, he is owned and operated by Pentland ferries, and operates between Gill's bay in Caithness and St Margaret's Hope in Orkney, Scotland.
He was built in Vietnam by Strategic Marine Vietnam at a cost of £14 million and entered service with Pentland ferries on the 1st of November 2019, and replaced MV Pentalina which operated the route intal 2019.
On the 5th of July 2022 at two o'clock, MV Alfred ran aground on the uninhabited Island of Swona while on route to St Margaret's Hope, he resulted in damage to the port bulbous and no reported water ingress, there were 84 passenger's and 13 crew onboard at the time of grounding.
On the 27th of April 2023, MV Alfred left Pentland Ferries on a nine month loan to Caledonian MacBrayne to help out with their ageing fleet of Ferries in the west coast of Scotland, with MV Pentalina back on the St Margaret's Hope route, har first operations under Calmac was on the Ardrossan Harbour to Brodick route as a second vessel.
