HSC SuperSeaCat Three
HSC Superseacat Three departing Helsinki, October 2006
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| Builder: | Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Italy |
| Yard number: | 2003 |
| Acquired: | March 1999 |
| In service: | 8 April 1999 |
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| Identification: | IMO number: 9141871 |
| Status: | In service |
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| Tonnage: | 4.465 GT |
| Displacement: | 340 TDW |
| Length: | 100.40 meters |
| Beam: | 17.00 meters |
| Height: | 10.70 meters |
| Draught: | 4.60 meters |
| Installed power: | 4 × Ruston V20RK 270 |
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HSC Speedrunner III is a fast ferry operated by Aegean Speed Lines between Piraeus, Serifos, Sifnos, Milos, Kimolos, Folegandros and Sikinos. She was built in 1999 at Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Italy, for Sea Containers Ltd as HSC SuperSeaCat Three. Under that name she sailed on Sea Container's services around the British Isles, as well as with their subsidiaries Silja Line and SuperSeaCat on the Baltic Sea.
SuperSeaCat Three was the third mono-hulled fast ferry to be built for Sea Containers. She was initially set in traffic between Liverpool, England and Dublin, Ireland. In 2000 Dublin was switched to Douglas, Isle of Man. The following year SuperSeaCat Three started operating between Dover, England and Calais, France.
Since the year 2000 Sea Containers had operated HSC SuperSeaCat Four between Helsinki and Tallinn, marketed as a part of their Silja Line brand. The route was highly profitable and in 2003 It was decided that SuperSeaCat Three should join her sister in that service. Due to the Baltic Sea freezing during winter, the service could not be operated between January and April each year, so the ship spent those month laid up. For the summer season of 2005 a third ship, HSC SuperSeaCat One was added to the service.
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