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Incat , fully Incat Tasmania is an Australian manufacturer of high-speed catamaran in aluminum construction. The company, which was founded in 1977 as International Catamarans , is based in Derwent Park (near Hobart in Tasmania ). In 1988 International Catamarans was renamed Incat Tasmania .
The company builds catamarans for civil and military purposes with a length of up to 112 m and service speeds of up to 40 knots (approx. 75 km / h). Various buildings of the company won the Blue Ribbon for fastest Atlantic crossings during record journeys for advertising purposes , but normal areas of use are shorter ferry routes in passenger and car ferry services.
Civil operators in Europe use Incat ferries to operate routes in the English Channel , Kattegat and the Strait of Gibraltar . Military operators are, for example, the Australian naval forces and the United States Navy , which use these ships in East Timor and in the Iraq war.
At the end of the 1990s Incat found itself in serious financial difficulties, which were finally resolved with the help of several new construction contracts from Europe, Asia and the USA (US Navy). The consolidation also contributed to the fact that many other competitors had to give up and today only Austal , another Australian shipyard, also offers large aluminum catamarans.
Delivered so far
Status up to construction number 69, source: website of the shipyard
| Hull number | model | current name | operator | former names / comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Jeremiah Ryan | |||
| 002 | James Kelly | |||
| 003 | AK Ward | |||
| 004 | Fitzroy | |||
| 005 | Tangalooma | |||
| 006 | Amaroo II | |||
| 007 | Green islander | |||
| 008 | Quicksilver | |||
| 009 | Spirit of Roylen | |||
| 010 | Trojan | |||
| 011 | Keppel Cat I. | |||
| 012 | Thunderbird | |||
| 013 | Little Devil | (Prototype) | ||
| 014 | Pybus Rutherglen punt | |||
| 015 | Margaret Rintoul | |||
| 016 | Spirit of Victoria | |||
| 017 | Tassie Devil | |||
| 018 | Starship Genesis | |||
| 019 | 2000 | |||
| 020 | 30m Cat | Our Lady Patricia | Wightlink | scrapped after fire in 2006 |
| 021 | 30m Cat | Our Lady Pamela | Wightlink | Scrapped in 2010 |
| 022 | 37m WPC | Sea Flight | Sea Flight Cruises | |
| 023 | 74m WPC | Sea speed jet | Seajets | 1990–1993: SeaCat Tasmania 1993: SeaCat Calais 1993–2000: Atlantic II 2002–2005: SeaCat France 2005–2014: Emeraude France 2014–2015: Superfast Cat |
| 024 | 74m WPC | Patricia Olivia | Buquebus | |
| 025 | 74m WPC | High speed jet | Seajets | 1990–2004: Hoverspeed Great Britain 2004–2005: Emeraude GB 2005–2008: Speedrunner 1 2008–2011: Sea Runner 2011–2015: Cosmos Jet |
| 026 | 74m WPC | Caldera Vista | Seajets | |
| 027 | 74m WPC | Pescara Jet | Società Navigazione Alta Velocità | |
| 028 | 74m WPC | Naxos jet | Seajets | |
| 030 | 74m WPC | Hanil Blue Narae | Hanil Express | |
| 031 | 74m WPC | Mandarin | Dae-A Express Shipping Co Ltd | |
| 032 | 74m WPC | Atlantic III | Navegacion Atlandia SA | |
| 033 | 78m WPC | Jaume 1 | Baleària | |
| 034 | 78m WPC | Elanora | El Salam Maritime | |
| 035 | 78m WPC | Mega jet | Seajets | |
| 036 | 70m K50 | Juan Patricio | Buquebus | |
| 037 | 78m K50 | Sunflower | Dae-A-Gosok | |
| 038 | 81m WPC | Jaume II | Baleària | |
| 039 | Project | R&D Craft (Solar Boat) | ||
| 040 | 81m WPC | Rapid Link Jet | Seajets | 1996–1998: Stena Lynx III 1998–1998: Elite 1998–1998: P&O Stena Elite 1998–2003: Stena Lynx III 2003–2004: Elite 2004–2011: Stena Lynx III 2011–2012: Sunflower 2 2012–2020: Orange 1 |
| 041 | 81m WPC | Jaume III | Baleària | |
| 042 | 86m WPC | Champion Jet 2 | Seajets | |
| 043 | 86m WPC | Tarifa jet | FRS | |
| 044 | 86m WPC | Champion Jet 1 | Seajets | |
| 045 | 86m WPC | Speed One | Speed Ferries | |
| 046 | 91m WPC | T&T Express | Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 047 | 91m WPC | express | P&O Irish Sea | |
| 048 | 91m WPC | Max Mols | Molslinjen | |
| 049 | 91m WPC | Fjord Cat | Fjord Line | |
| 050 | 96m WPC | Manannan | Isle of Man Steam Packet Company | |
| 051 | 96m WPC | Bonanza Express | Fred. Olsen Express | |
| 052 | 96m WPC | Alboran | Naviera Armas | |
| 053 | 96m WPC | Bencomo Express | Fred. Olsen Express | |
| 054 | Project | R & D Craft (Wing) | ||
| 055 | 96m WPC | Bentago Express | Fred. Olsen Express | |
| 056 | 96m WPC | HIGHSPEED 6 | Hellenic Seaways | |
| 057 | 98m WPC | Normandy Express | Brittany Ferries | |
| 058 | 98m WPC | Milenium Dos | Trasmediterránea | |
| 059 | 98m WPC | Hai Xia Hao | Fujian Cross Street Ferries | |
| 060 | 98m WPC | T&T spirit | Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago | 2002–2005: TSV-1X Spearhead ( United States Army ) 2005–2006 :? |
| 061 | 98m WPC | Swift | Seajets | 2003–2013: HSV-2 Swift ( United States Navy ) 2013–2015 :? 2015–2016 :? |
| 062 | 98m WPC | Volcán de Tirajana | Naviera Armas | |
| 063 | 17m WPC | Sixty Three | 17m Projects Pty Ltd | |
| 064 | 112m WPC | Natchan Rera | Higashi Nihon Ferry Company | |
| 065 | 112m WPC | Natchan World | Higashi Nihon Ferry Company | |
| 066 | 112m WPC | KatExpress 1 | Molslinjen | 2009–2009: MGC 66 2009–2012: Norman Arrow 2012–2017: KatExpress 1 |
| 067 | 112m WPC | Express 2 | Molslinjen | 2012–2017: KatExpress 2 |
| 068 | 85m WPC | Akane | Sado Kisen Kabushiki-gaisha | |
| 069 | 99m WPC | Francisco | Buquebus |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Earlier Vessels Prior to 1990. Incat.com, accessed December 29, 2018.
- ^ Current Fleet. Incat.com, accessed December 29, 2018.