Skane Jet
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 Skane Jet pictured as Fjord Cat in Hirtshals
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| Operator |
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| Builder | Incat, Tasmania, Australia |
| Yard number | 049 |
| Launched | 14 June 1998 |
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| Identification | IMO number: 9176060 |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 5,619 GT |
| Length | 91.30 meters |
| Beam | 26.0 meters |
| Draught | 3.70 meters |
| Installed power | 4 × Ruston V20RK 270 (28800kW total) |
| Propulsion | 4 × KaMeWa 112F11 waterjets |
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HSC Skane Jet is an Incat-built, ocean-going catamaran. It is one of the world's fastest car carrying passenger vessels and, as Cat-Link V, set the eastbound record for the fastest transatlantic journey. In 1998/1999, the ship sailed as Cat-Link V on the Århus-Kalundborg route in Denmark—then operated by Scandlines. From 1999 to 2005 it sailed as Mads Mols for Mols-linien. From 2005 to 2006 it was renamed Incat 049 by T&T Ferries in Trinidad and Tobago. In 2006 it was renamed Master Cat and has since been operating on the route between Kristiansand in Norway and Hanstholm in Denmark, later changed to Hirtshals, in the service of "Master Ferries". This company was merged with Fjord Line on 1 January 2008[1] and the ferry was renamed Fjord Cat.
The ship has been renamed "Skane Jet" as part of its relocation for the Königslinie route between Sassnitz and Ystad for FRS. This route will start service in late September 2020.[2][3]
Sister ships
References
- ^ Boarding.no Archived 2008-04-08 at the Wayback Machine, 3 December 2007 visited 27 November 2008 (in Norwegian)
- ^ Details of the new Ferry Route between Sassnitz and Ystad, taken from the FRS Website
- ^ Neue Schwedenfähre für Königslinie erwartet, local news report for the service start September 2020 (in German)
External links
- DNV.com, Vessel registry info
- Incat.com, photo gallery and information from builder
- Record at ferry-site.dk