Over the years, "Isle of Lewis" has called at other stations for a variety of purposes. During her delivery voyage to Stornoway, she called at Ardrossan on 26 July 1995 to collect supplies. During the visit, she was formally handed over to her new owners. The next day, 27 July 1995, she carried out berthing trials at Uig, Lochmaddy & Tarbert respectively to assess her suitability should an emergency arise there - testing her bow ramp at Uig, her bow and stern ramps at Lochmaddy, and her bow ramp at Tarbert - before proceeding for trials at Ullapool and Stornoway later that day.