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H/S/C SPEEDRUNNER 1

 

 

HSC Speedrunner 1

Grand Pavois - Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Piraeus, 07/01/07 #5591  

 

Ship

Speedrunner 1 (2005)

 

Building Spec.

Incat, Hobart, Australia, 1990 – N° 025

Call Sign

MWJT7

IMO Number

8900000

GRT

3.003

DWT

201

Dimensions

74 x 26 x 2,4

Engines

4 Ruxton 16R K270, 14.592 kW

Speed

35 knots

Passengers

573

Seats

523 eco, 50 business

Cars

80

Garage

--

Sister Ships

Atlantic III

Condor 10

Cyclades Express

Emeraude France

Patricia Olivia

Pescara Jet

Seacat Moorea

Snaefell

Registry Port

Folkestone

Flag

United Kingdom

Former Names/Own.

Hoverspeed Great BritainHoverspeed 1990-04

Hoverspeed Great BritainFerrylineas Argentinas 1992-03 (charter)

Hoverspeed Great BritainEmeraude Jersey Ferries 2004 (charter)

Emeraude Great BritainEmeraude Jersey Ferries 2004 (charter)

Emeraude Great BritainHoverspeed 2004-05

New Names/Own.

Speedrunner I – Aegean Speed Lines 2007-08

Sea Runner -  Alpha Ferries 2008à

Line

 

 

She was built in 1990 at Hobart by Incat, acronym of International Catamarans Tasmania, ordered by Hoverspeed, a branch of the British Seacontainers group. The British group was very attracted by the idea of a fast ferry with a quite-good car capacity, which was the innovation of this Incat project, so they placed an huge order of five aluminium catamarans to the Tasmanian builders; another aim of the project is to gain the Blue Riband for Eastbound Atlantic crossings. Maybe for this reason it was considered to christen the ferry as “Christopher Columbus”; the idea was soon abandoned for a more conventional “Hoverspeed Great Britain”. Her delivery trip is very long: the ferry left Hobart for Punta Arenas, Rio de Janeiro, Nassau, arriving at New York on June 11th, 1990; she left New York on June 19th heading for Falmouth, where she arrived on June 23rd after three days of crossing, seven hours and 54 minutes with an average speed of 36,6 knots, beating the legendary “United States” after 38 years. The “Hoverspeed Great Britain” remained holder of the Blue Riband – Hales Trophy for eight years, beaten in 1998 by the “Catalonia”, which reached a faster average speed (even if a longer crossing-time) and, after few days, by the current holder of the trophy, the “Cat Link V” (nowadays “Master Cat”), two days, twenty hours and nine minutes with an average speed of 41,3 knots between New York and Southampton. Her first months of life were annoyed by some little troubles; her regular services between Dover, Calais and Boulogne started only in 1991, after a little spell between Portsmouth and Cherbourg and the award of the Hales Trophy at the Pool of London, on November 1990. From December 1992 to March 1993 was chartered to Ferrylineas Argentinas for the Buenos Aires – Colonia line, being also reflagged to Argentina; back to Great Britain, was employed almost everywhere around England: Stanraer – Belfast, Dover – Calais, Dover – Boulogne, Folkestone – Boulogne, Belfast – Heyshamn until April 2004, when she was chartered to Emeraude Jersey Ferries for the line Saint Malo – Jersey – Guernsey, being also renamed “Emeraude Great Britain” on August 2004. The ferry was later transferred to Aegean Speed Lines, the company formed by Seacontainers and Eugenides; she arrived in Greece after the repainting and refitting work carried on at Viktor Lenac shipyard of Rijeka, Croatia, being employed on services to Western Cyclades and Paros. On 2006 the ferry was repainted with a new colour scheme and quitted the call at Paros; on Summer had also some troubles to a main engine, fircing the “Speedrunner 1” to make some round trips with only three main engines, causing some delays. On Summer 2007 she will call also at Folegandros.

 

SEACONTAINERS HSC Hoverspeed Great Britain 04_Incat

HOVERSPEED H/S/C Hoverspeed Great Britain – Photo from INCAT website, arrival at New York, 1990 #5997

 

SEACONTAINERS HSC Hoverspeed Great Britain 03_Incat

HOVERSPEED H/S/C Hoverspeed Great Britain – Photo from INCAT website, New York, 1990, #5996

 

HOVERSPEED - H/S/C Hoverspeed Great Britain

HOVERSPEED H/S/C Hoverspeed Great Britain - Photo from INCAT website, London, passing under Tower Bridge for Hales Trophy’s awarding, 11/90 #5998

 

SEACONTAINERS HSC Hoverspeed Great Britain 02_Seacontainers

Hales Trophy for the shortest Eastbound Atlantic crossing, 1990 – Photo from Seacontainers website

 

SEACONTAINERS HSC Hoverspeed Great Britain 08_Efoplistis

HOVERSPEED H/S/C Hoverspeed Great Britain – Photo by courtesy of EFOPLISTIS magazine, Dover #6001

 

SEACONTAINERS HSC Hoverspeed Great Britain 07_Efoplistis

HOVERSPEED H/S/C Hoverspeed Great Britain – Photo by courtesy of EFOPLISTIS magazine #6000

 

SEACONTAINERS HSC Hoveerspeed Great Britain 06_Pieter Inpijn

HOVERSPEED H/S/C Hoverspeed Great Britain – Photo © Pieter Inpijn, Boulogne, 1999 #5999

 

SEACONTAINERS HSC Hoverspeed Great Britain 01_Dave Medgett

HOVERSPEED H/S/C Hoverspeed Great Britain - Photo © Dave Medgett, Calais, 2002 #5993

 

AEGEAN SPEED LINES HSC Speedrunner 1 05_Personale 05Ag05

The first livery - Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Piraeus, 05/08/05 #2312

 

AEGEAN SPEED LINES HSC Speedrunner 1 08_Personale 05Ag05

Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Piraeus, 05/08/05

 

AEGEAN SPEED LINES HSC Speedrunner 1 09_Personale 05Ag05

The only passenger ferry in Greek domestic service flying a foreign flag  - Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Piraeus, 05/08/05

 

AEGEAN SPEED LINES HSC Speedrunner 1 11_Personale 16Ag05

Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Piraeus, 16/08/05

 

AEGEAN SPEED LINES HSC Speedrunner 1 12_Personale 16Ag05

Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Piraeus, 16/08/05 #2430

 

AEGEAN SPEED LINES HSC Speedrunner 1 13_Personale 16Ag05

Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Piraeus, 16/08/05 #2431

 

AEGEAN SPEED LINES HSC Speedrunner 1 14_Personale 16Ag05

Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Piraeus, 16/08/05 #2432

 

AEGEAN SPEED LINES HSC Speedrunner 34_Seacontainers

Photo from Seacontainers website #5995

 

AEGEAN SPEED LINES HSC Speedrunner 1 19_Personale 04No06

Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Piraeus, 04/11/06 #4706

 

AEGEAN SPEED LINES HSC Speedrunner 1 20_Personale 04No06

Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Piraeus, 04/11/06 #4707

 

AEGEAN SPEED LINES HSC Speedrunner 1 22_Personale 04No06

Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Piraeus, 04/11/06 #4709

 

AEGEAN SPEED LINES HSC Speedrunner 1 26_Personale 07No06

Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Piraeus, 07/11/06 #4850

 

AEGEAN SPEED LINES HSC Speedrunner 1 27_Personale 09No06

Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Piraeus, 09/11/06 #4906

 

AEGEAN SPEED LINES HSC Speedrunner 1 28_Personale 09No06

Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Piraeus, 09/11/06 #4907

 

AEGEAN SPEED LINES HSC Speedrunner 1 30_Personale 10No06

Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Piraeus, 10/11/06 #4914

 

AEGEAN SPEED LINES HSC Speedrunner 1 31_Personale 10No06

Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Piraeus, 10/11/06 #4915

 

AEGEAN SPEED LINES HSC Speedrunner I 11_Personale 31Ag07

AEGEAN SPEED LINES H/S/C Speedrunner I – Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Piraeus, 31/08/07 #7537

 

AEGEAN SPEED LINES HSC Speedrunner I 13_Personale 28No07

AEGEAN SPEED LINES H/S/C Speedrunner I – Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Piraeus, 28/11/07 #8094

 

HSC Sea Runner 01_George Giannakis 15Ap08

SEA RUNNER H/S/C Sea Runner – Photo © George Giannakis, Piraeus, 15/04/08 #8523

 

SEA RUNNER HSC Sea Runner 06_Personale 01Ap10

SEA RUNNER H/S/C Sea Runner – Photo © Michele Lulurgas, Neo Molo DEH Keratsini, 01/04/10 #9556

 

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