 She is a 50 passenger, 2 car vessel built in 1987 in Ardrossan, Scotland for Seaboard Marine (Nigg) Ltd who operated the Cromarty-Nigg service until 2001.After a tendering process, the contract passed to the Cromarty Ferry Company, who purchased the "Cromarty Rose" from her previous owners.Built for the Cromarty service, "Cromarty Rose" operated there from 1987 to 2009.