Hanse Jet II

Hanse Jet II

As Flyingcat 6 in Piraeus

Ship data flag  Germany other ship names Baltic Jet Ship type catamaran class FlyingCat 40 Shipyard Kvaerner Fjellstrand Build number 1644 Keel laying December 1996 Launch March 1997

Ship dimensions and crew length 40 m ( Lüa ) 36 m ( Lpp ) width 10.1 m Side height 3.94 m Draft Max. 1.68 m measurement 466 GT / 161 NRZ

Machine system machine 2 x MTU - Diesel engine Machine performance 4,000 kW (5,438 hp) Top speed 36 kn (67 km / h) propeller 2 × water jet propulsion

Transport capacities Load capacity 45 dw Permitted number of passengers 342

Data as Flyingcat 6 flag  Greece home port Piraeus Callsign SY5390 Permitted number of passengers 337

Others Classifications Germanic Lloyd IMO no. 9164299

The Hanse Jet II is a catamaran that was used by the Förde Reederei Seetouristik from Hamburg in Heligoland until 2003 . The ship belongs to the type "FlyingCat 40", which was built by the Norwegian shipyard Kvaerner Fjellstrand with different equipment and partly with different data.

history

The ship was built as part of a series of identical ships under construction number 1644 at the Kvaerner Fjellstrand shipyard in Omastrand. The hull was supplied by Kvaerner Fjellstrand in Singapore ( hull number: 0032). The keel was laid in December 1996, the launch in March 1997. The ship was completed in May 1997.

The ship was delivered on May 12, 1997 to the White Fleet in Stralsund , which used it in the Baltic Sea primarily between Lübeck-Travemünde , Burgstaaken , Heiligenhafen and Warnemünde . From May 1998 the ship sailed for the Förde Reederei Seetouristik in Heligolandverkehr from Hamburg. From the summer of 1999 it was chartered to Channel Hoppers for one year and used between Jersey , Guernsey and Alderney .

In May 2000 the ship was renamed the Hanse Jet II . It was used from Hamburg to Heligoland until the end of May 2003 before it was replaced by the Halunder Jet . In July and August 2003 the ship was used again between Cuxhaven and Helgoland.

In October 2004, the ship was sold to the Greek shipping company Minoan Flying Dolphins, which was merged with the Hellenic Seaways shipping company in 2005. The ship, renamed Flyingcat 6 , is used by Hellenic Seaways between Volos or Agios Konstantinos and the Sporades and between Piraeus and the Saronic Islands .

Technical specifications

The drive of the ship by two sixteen-cylinder - diesel engines of manufacturer MTU (type: 16V396TE). The motors act on two water jet drives via reduction gears . The ship can reach up to 36  knots . Two diesel generator sets powered by two MTU diesel engines (type: 6R099TA) are available for power generation.

Web links

Commons : IMO 9164299  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Flyingcat 6 , Hellenic Seaways. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} M / S Baltic Jet , fact om Fartyg. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Flyingcat 6 , Greek Coastal Service. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
4. ↑ Ship routes , Hellenic Seaways. Retrieved May 4, 2018.