An Ayrshire-built ferry has been lying in wreck 3,000 miles away from its home off the coast of Cape Verde for almost ten years.

Here we take a look back at the life of the MV Iona, that took it from Troon to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean where it remains today...

The MV Iona, later known as MV Pentalina-B, was a roll-on roll-off ferry built in the 1970s, for the David MacBrayne fleet.

Built by the Ailsa yard in Troon for around £750,000, the ferry was the first in a new generation of vessels to serve Scotland's west coast routes.

The vessel had a capacity of 581 passengers and 47 cars, with a crew of 23.

During her 27-year service on CalMac routes, she carried passengers between Gourock and Dunoon, as well as serving Port Askaig and Colonsay.

The end of her Scottish adventures came in 1997, due to the arrival of the new MV Clansman. 

Iona was sold to Pentland Ferries and renamed the MV Penatlina-B, and took up the Caithness to Burwick route for the company. 

During her service with Pentland Ferries, the vessel was chartered out for a variety of roles including to cover CalMac routes in need of assistance. 

The demise of the Ayrshire-built vessel started in 2009, when she was sold to an owner in Cape Verde. 

Five years later, the vessel was shipwrecked in the Moia Moia Bay area of Cape Verde after breaking down during a storm. 

The wreckage of the vessel can still be seen on maps at 15°1'26"N 23°26'21.5"W.