Cowal Community Hospital Cowal Community Hospital Cowal Community Hospital is a Community Hospital in Dunoon on the Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute in the West of Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland. This hospital provides cover for the Cowal peninsula population, numbering some fifteen thousand people. Dunoon and District General Hospital opened in 1966 with 74 beds, mainly configured in four-bed wards. It has a GP-led Accident and Emergency Department, a Maternity Unit, Dental Surgery Suite, an eight bed General Ward and there is also numerous Consultant led Clinics held at the hospital. funded by NHS Highland, a four bed hospice and
MV Cowal MV Cowal MV "Cowal" was a hoist-loading vehicle ferry introduced by Caledonian Steam Packet Company in 1954. She spent the whole of her 24 years with Calmac on the Upper Clyde crossings. MV "Cowal" was the second of a trio of vehicle vessels ordered in 1951 to modernise the Clyde fleet. Three "general purpose" vessels were planned for the Clyde routes of their names, , and MV "Cowal". Built by Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, "Cowal" was launched at Troon on 20 January 1954. On 1 January 1973, the Caledonian Steam Packet Co. and MacBrayne fleets combined under one management. "Cowal" was