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HSC Tarifa Jet – High Speed Ferry – Wave Piercing Catamaran

May 14th, 2010

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Tarifa Jet

Tarifa jet – Fast ferry-high speed catamaran – wave piercing catamaran

Operator; FRS Iberia S.L. The FRS-service between Continental Europe and Morocco has been initiated back in 2000 on a year-round basis.

HSC Tarifa Jet was built in 1997 at the Incat Yards in Tasmania, Australia.

HSC “Tarifa Jet” was delivered by Hobart-based InCat Australia Pty. Ltd. in May 1997 and has most recently operated as “Pescara Jet” for the Italian operator SNAV on a seasonal route between Pescara, Hvar and Spilt in the Adriatic Sea. The catamaran has an overall length of 86.62 meters, a beam of 26.00 m and a draft of 3.62 m. Her gross tonnage amounts 4.995 GT. The machinery consists of four Ruston 20RK270 engines with a total output of 28320 kW (38,500 HP) allowing a maximum service speed of 42 knots. 800 passengers and 185 cars can be accommodated onboard; the spacious cardeck is accessed via two stern ramps.

Sister ships

Condor Express
Condor Vitesse
Condor Rapide / Jervis Bay (more…)

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HSV 2 Swift – High Speed Vessel – Wave Piercing Catamaran

May 13th, 2010

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HSV 2 swift – high speed catamaran – wave piercing catamaran

Construction and acquisition

The ship was constructed by the Australian shipbuilder Incat in Hobart, Tasmania and is leased to the U.S. Navy through Bollinger/Incat of Lockport, Louisiana. It is the second catamaran the Navy has leased to test new technologies and concepts associated with the Chief of Naval Operations’s “Seapower 21″ plan. The contract value for the first year is $21.7 million. The current lease can go out to four years 11 months if all options are exercised.

Swift is the fourth Incat-built high-speed wave piercing catamaran to enter military service, following behind HMAS Jervis Bay, U.S. Army Vessel (USAV) Theater Support Vessel (TSV) 1X Spearhead and Joint Venture.

Design

It is a wave-piercing, aluminum-hulled, commercial catamaran with military enhancements, such as a helicopter flight deck, strengthened vehicle deck, small boat and unmanned vehicle launch and recovery capability, and an enhanced communications suite. It features a new, (more…)

Posted in MULTI HULL

Tags: Aircraft Recovery, aluminium hull, Booby Island, Catamaran Construction, Chief Of Naval Operations, commercial catamaran, Communications Suite, Experimental Ship, Fifth Fleet, Great Barrier Reef, Helicopter Flight, high speed vessel, Hmas Jervis Bay, Hobart Tasmania, HSV-2, Lockport Louisiana, Recovery Capability, Sea Shadow, Seapower 21, Speed Catamaran, Speed Vessel, U S Navy, Vehicle Deck, Venture Design, wave piercing

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HSV X1 – High Speed Vessel – Wave Piercing Catamaran

May 13th, 2010

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HSV-X1 Joint Venture was the name of a cool awesome high speed catamaran passenger/car ferry previously operated by the military of the United States of America. Initially operated by the United States Navy, she was later transferred to the United States Army. This ship has served a deployment in Operation Enduring Freedom, spending time around the Horn of Africa. At the end of its service the ship was returned to its builders for further civilian use.

HSV-X1 high speed catamaran - wave piercing catamaran

Built by Incat of Tasmania, Australia, she was a commercial ferry for TT-Line as the Devil Cat before being converted for military purpose. A (more…)

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Tags: Awesome, Career Builder, Commercial Ferry, Cool, devil cat, Helicopter Carrier, high speed, high speed catamaran, Horn Of Africa, HSV-X1, Incat, Isle Of Man Steam Packet, Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, Joint Task Force, Long Distances, Man Steam Packet Company, Military Purpose, Mobile Command, Operation Enduring Freedom, passengger ferry, Speed Catamaran, Speed Vessel, Steam Packet Company, Tasmania Australia, Tt Line, United States Navy, Vessel, vessels, Wave Piercing Catamaran

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HSC Jaume II-Fast Ferry – Wave Piercing Catamaran

May 13th, 2010

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HSC SeaCat – High Speed Catamaran – wave piercing catamaran

Former Names of High Speed Catamaran

SeaCat Rapide (2005-2006)
SeaCat Rapide (2005) – Hoverspeed
Rapide (2005) – Hoverspeed
Rapide (2001-2004) – Sea Containers Scotland
Rapide (2001) – Isle of Man Steam Packet Company
Rapide (1998-2001) – Hoverspeed
Holyman Rapide (1997-1998) – Holyman Sally Ferries
Condor 12 (1996-1997) – Condor Ferries (more…)

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Tags: catamaran, comfort ferry, Condor 12, Condor Ferries, cool catamaran design, Draft 3, Fast catamaran, fast ferry, fast wave piercing, Flag Spain, high speed catamaran, high speed ferry, Holyman, Holyman Rapide, Holyman Sally Ferries, Hoverspeed, Hsc, HSC ferry, HSC Pescara Jet, Isle Of Man, Isle Of Man Steam Packet, Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, Jaume Ii, Kkk, Kn, Las Palmas, Man Steam Packet Company, Palmas De Gran Canaria, Rapide, Sally Ferries, Sea Containers, Sea Containers Scotland, SeaCat Rapide, Sister Ships, Speed Catamaran, Steam Packet Company, Stena Lynx, wave piercing, Wave Piercing Catamaran

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HSC Pescara Jet – Fast Ferry – Wave Piercing Catamaran

May 13th, 2010

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hoverspeed – fast catamaran – wave piercing catamaran

Former Names of fast wave piercing catamaran

Zara Jet (2005-2006) – S.N.A.V.
Pescara Jet (2004-2005) – S.N.A.V.
SeaCat Danmark (2003-2004) – -
SeaCat Danmark (2000-2003) – Hoverspeed
SeaCat Danmark (2000) – Silja Line SeaCat
SeaCat Danmark (1999) – Sea Containers Scotland
SeaCat Danmark (1998) – Isle of Man Steam Packet Company
SeaCat Danmark (1997-1998) – Sea Containers Scotland
SeaCat Danmark (1997) – SeaCat
SeaCat Danmark (1996-1997) – Hoverspeed
SeaCat Danmark (1996) – ColorSeaCat
SeaCat Danmark (1995) – SeaCat
Seacatamaran Danmark (1993-1995) – SeaCat
Hoverspeed Boulogne (1991-1993) – Hoverspeed
Hoverspeed Belgium (1991) (more…)