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Photo © Aleksi Lindström, Helsinki, 05/05/08 #9686
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Ship |
Superseacat Three (2008) |
Building Spec. |
Fincantieri,
Riva Trigoso, Italy, 1999 – N° 6003 |
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Call Sign |
IBGH |
IMO Number |
9141871 |
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GRT |
4.662 |
DWT |
340 |
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Dimensions |
100 x 17,1 x 2,75 |
Engines |
4 Ruston 20RK270 MkII, 27.500 kW |
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Speed |
38 knots |
Passengers |
808 |
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Seats |
808 |
Cars |
170 |
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Garage |
80 lane metres (?) |
Sister Ships |
Almudaina Dos Hellenic Highspeed |
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Registry Port |
La Spezia |
Flag |
Italy |
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Former Names/Own. |
Superseacat Three – Hoverspeed (Seacontainers)
1999-03 Superseacat Three – Silja Line 2003-06 Superseacat Three – Seacontainers
2006-08 |
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New Names/Own. |
Speedrunner III – Aegean Speed Lines 2009 Chartered
to Navline 06/2015-10/2015 Chartered
to Levante Ferries 04/2016-09/2016 |
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Line |
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After a first order placed to Fincantieri Riva Trigoso yards
for two high-speed sister vessels in 1997, Seacontainers,
the British ferry-owner giant, orders two more sisters of the same design, with
delivery in 1999. This one, named “Superseacat
Three”, was the first to be delivered, being registered at La Spezia, Italy, a
very unusual homeport for a ferry deployed in Irish Sea, sailing from Liverpool
to Dublin, Ireland, and from 2000 also Douglas, Isle of Man’s capital. On March, 2001, the ferry leaves Irish Sea for the Channel,
sailing on both Dover – Calais and Dover – Oostende lines, until March 28th,
2002, when the “Superseacat Three” was sent back on
Liverpool – Dublin line. Her career proceeded without significant problems
until February 2005, when she was forced to a three-month stop at A&P yards
of Birkenhead, near Liverpool, due to some troubles happened to an engine. When
redelivered, she was transferred to another field of Seacontainers’s
high-speed operations, the Baltic Sea, being employed on the link between
Finland and Estonia capitals, Helsinki and Tallinn, wearing Silja
Line’s trademarks next to Superseacat ones, being Silja Line a company of Seacontainers
group. In 2006 Seacontainers put Silja
Line up for sale and accepted Tallink’s bid for the
well-known Finnish company; anyway the Estonian bid didn’t include the purchase
of Silja Line’s cruise-ships, the purchase of the
legendary gas-turbine powered vessel “Finnjet”, and
the purchase of the Superseacats, which were the only
ferries continuing to sail after the sale of Silja
Line again only under Superseacat colours. In 2008 Seacontainers and Aegean Speed Lines reunited again their
forces after the inauguration of Greek services in 2005; initially the Greek
company bought the 50% of Superseacat Finland OY,
which operated the two seacats in the Baltic; they
continued to use this vessel and the sister on Helsinki – Tallinn line, adding
only the Aegean Speed Lines logo on the funnels. On October 17, 2008, the ferry
was laid up at Remontowa yard of Gdansk, Poland, and
from there re-emerged in June 2009 as the “Speedrunner
III”, with Aegean Speed Lines livery, Greek flagged, and started sailing on
Cyclades routes, where she still serves, except for 2015 and 2016 seasons, when
she was out on charter.
photo gallery
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Calais, 2001 |
Dover,
02/09/2001 |
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Dave Medgett |
Ken Smith |
HOVERSPEED – Superseacat
Three (1999-2003)
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Tallinn,
16/06/2006 |
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Eero Isotalo |
SILJA LINE SUPERSEACAT – Superseacat
Three (2003-2006)
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Helsinki,
14/08/2006 |
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Hans Rosenkranz |
SUPERSEACAT – Superseacat
Three (2006-2007)
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Helsinki, 20/04/2008 |
Helsinki, 20/04/2008 |
Helsinki, 05/05/2008 |
Helsinki, 05/05/2008 |
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Aleksi Lindström |
Aleksi Lindström |
Aleksi Lindström |
Aleksi Lindström |
AEGEAN SPEED LINES – Superseacat
Three (2008)
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Rendsburg, 25/06/2009 |
Rendsburg, 25/06/2009 |
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Aleksi Lindström |
Aleksi Lindström |
AEGEAN SPEED LINES – Speedrunner
III (2009)
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Piraeus,
09/08/2010 |
Piraeus,
26/06/2013 |
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Michele
Lulurgas |
Michele
Lulurgas |
AEGEAN
SPEED LINES – Speedrunner
III (2010-2015)
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Algeciras,
19/07/2015 |
Algeciras,
26/07/2015 |
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José Paiva Wolff |
José Paiva Wolff |
NAVLINE
– Speedrunner III (2015)
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Sami, 18/08/2016 |
Patras, 21/08/2016 |
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Michele
Lulurgas |
Michele Lulurgas |
LEVANTE
FERRIES – Speedrunner
III (2016)
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Piraeus,
04/09/2017 |
Piraeus,
01/09/2018 |
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Michele
Lulurgas |
Michele
Lulurgas |
AEGEAN SPEED LINES – Speedrunner
III (2017)