High speed sea service

The now scrapped Stena Voyager

High-speed Sea Service (HSS) is the name originally for Stena Line developed fast ferries . Six units were ordered, two of the type HSS 900 and four of the type HSS 1500, which were built from 1994 to 1998. All HSS 1500 ferries were built at Aker Finnyards in Rauma , Finland . The HSS 900 ferries were built by Westermoen Hydrofoil in Norway, which went bankrupt in 1997. HSS 1500 meant a capacity for 1500 passengers, HSS 900 meant a capacity for 900 passengers.

units

Surname	Type	Construction year	Whereabouts
Stena Explorer	HSS 1500	1996	Operation closed in 2014, 2015: One World Karadeniz , serves as an office and research laboratory in Yalova
Stena Voyager	HSS 1500	1996	Scrapped in 2013
Stena Discovery	HSS 1500	1996	2007 sold to Venezuela: Discovery ; 2015 demolition in Aliaga
	HSS 1500		never realized
Stena Carisma	HSS 900	1997	Operation ceased on August 19, 2013, launched in Gothenburg
	HSS 900	1998	Scrapped unfinished due to the bankruptcy of the shipyard in 1998

Profile: HSS 1500

Stena Discovery

planned units	4th
built units	3
capacity	1520 passengers + 375 cars or 120 cars + 50 loading units (900 loading meters)
Gross tonnage	19,638
length	126.6 m
width	40.0 m
height	27.5 m
Draft	4.8 m
machinery	68 MW (Twin COGAG configuration of 2 × GE LM2500 + 2 × GE LM1600 gas turbines), 4 × KaMeWa (today Rolls-Royce) Type S water nozzles for the drive
speed	40 knots (service speed), 51 knots total / unloaded
Shell	Aluminum (the hull design is a combination of Stena patent lightweight flexibility for maximum strength and efficiency).
generator	3440 kW electrical generation (4 × Cummins KTA38G3 (M) / KV12)
Shipyard	Finnyards, Rauma, Finland, cost £ 65m

Profile: HSS 900

Stena Carisma

built units	2
capacity	900 passengers + 208 cars or 151 cars + 10 trucks
Dimensions	8,631 tons
length	89.75 m
width	30.47 m
Draft	3.9 m
machinery	33,500 kW (2 × ABB - STAL GT35) (Siemens SGT 500) Fuel heavy oil fuel IF-100
speed	40 knots
generator	2,080 kW
Shipyard	Westamarin, Norway

Individual evidence

^ Stena Line fast ferry service from Holyhead to Ireland scrapped after passenger numbers fall by 90%. February 4, 2015, accessed February 4, 2015 .
↑ Stena Line fast ferry for the International Maritime Museum Hamburg. June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018 .
↑ HSS Stena Discovery. Retrieved June 8, 2015 .
↑ Data from the HSS Stena Carisma

[1] Stena Line fast ferry service from Holyhead to Ireland scrapped after passenger numbers fall by 90%. February 4, 2015, accessed February 4, 2015 .

[2] Stena Line fast ferry for the International Maritime Museum Hamburg. June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018 .

[3] HSS Stena Discovery. Retrieved June 8, 2015 .

[4] Data from the HSS Stena Carisma