SS Mabel (1882)
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SS ''Mabel'' was a small cruise ship launched in 1883 and owned by James Hornsby, proprietor of the Loch Maree Hotel, that provided tourists a tour of landlocked Loch Maree, Scotland. ''Mabel'' also served as a small passenger ferry between
Poolewe Poolewe () is a small village in Wester Ross in the North West Highlands of Scotland, about northwest of Inverness, by Loch Ewe. The River Ewe, one of the shortest in Scotland, joins the sea less than from Inverewe Garden, renowned for its sub ...
(Tollie Bay pier ) and
Kinlochewe Kinlochewe ( or ) is a village in Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It is in the parish of Gairloch, the community of Torridon and Kinlochewe and the Highland council area. It lies near the head of Loch Maree in its magnifice ...
(Rhu Noa pier ), which connected visitors arriving by coach from
Achnasheen railway station Achnasheen railway station is a remote railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Achnasheen in the north of Scotland. The station is from , between Achanalt and Achnashellach. ScotRail, who manage the station, ope ...
. Hornsby sold ''Mabel'' to
David MacBrayne David MacBrayne is a limited company owned by the Scottish Government. Formed in 1851 as the private shipping company David Hutcheson & Co. with three partners, David Hutcheson, Alexander Hutcheson and David MacBrayne, it passed in 1878 to David ...
, whose steamship operations covered all of west Scotland, in 1887. MacBrayne promoted the vessel as a tourist attraction and it served until 1911, when it was moored up beside Loch Maree Hotel. In 1913 the vessel was beached near to the hotel, where it remained until about 2000. A model of ''Mabel'' can be seen in the Gairloch Museum, however some photos show the ''Mabel'' with slight differences: the model and some photographs show the vessel with
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steering, while another image, undated, seems to show passengers at the stern of the ship with a crew member at the
wheel A wheel is a rotating component (typically circular in shape) that is intended to turn on an axle Bearing (mechanical), bearing. The wheel is one of the key components of the wheel and axle which is one of the Simple machine, six simple machin ...
on an open
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Ships built on the River Clyde Ross and Cromarty {{DEFAULTSORT:Mabel, steamship 1883 ships