HSC Speed jet
![]() Croazia Jet as seen off Split on July 08, 2012.
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Owner | |
Port of registry | Panama City, ![]() |
Builder | Austal, Henderson |
Yard number | 52 |
Laid down | 1 August 1995 |
Launched | 1 October 1996 |
Maiden voyage | 1996 |
In service | 1996 |
Homeport | |
Identification | IMO number: 9140918 |
Status | Laid up at Chalkis |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger/Roll-on/roll-off carrier |
Tonnage | 5,307 GT |
Length | 82.3 m (270 ft 0 in) oa |
Beam | 24 m (78 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) |
Speed | 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph) |
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HSC Speed Jet is a high speed craft owned and operated by Greek/Cypriot ferry company Seajets. The ship was built in 1996 by the Australian shipyard Austal;[1] its length is 83 metres (272 ft 4 in) and can achieve the speed of nearly 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph). The capacity of the vessel is 156 cars and 650 passengers. In the past, the ship was owned by several European shipping companies, including Scandlines, and served on Scandinavian as well as Mediterranean maritime routes between Spain and North Africa. From 2002 to 2022 she was owned by SNAV and serves on the Adriatic route between Ancona and Split. In winter, the ship operates the routes in Tyrrhenian Sea. On 9 February 2015, she started operating the route between Nueva Esparta and Anzoátegui states in Venezuela.

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