 Entering service in 1989 on the Coll / Tiree and Barra / South Uist routes from Oban, "Lord of the Isles" combined two previous timetables.This freed up both "Columba" (1964) and "Claymore" (1978) and allowed a cascade to take place within the fleet.She remained at Oban for nine years, occasionally switching places with on the Craignure crossing and relieving at Uig and Ardrossan.