MV Hebridean Isles Retires
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•Islanders bid a fond farewell to MV Hebridean Isles
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MV Hebridean Isles has been retired after nearly 40 years of service with Caledonian MacBrayne .
The ship was given the name of the islands it was destined to serve on a sunny day in July 1985 .
The Duchess of Kent was the first member of the Royal Family to name a CalMac vessel.
For islanders the ship offered new standards of comfort and modernity.
Mairi Ann Macdonald joined the ship as a junior catering rating at the age of 16 in 1989 .
She met Neil , from Inverness , who was travelling to spend a weekend on the islands with friends.
Soon they were dating - and the following year he asked her to marry him.
The couple went on to have four daughters - two of whom grew up to work for CalMac .
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