HSS 1500
HSS 1500 was the name of a model of Stena HSS craft developed and originally operated by Stena Line on European international ferry routes. The vessels were the largest high-speed craft in the world. Several design patents were registered to Stena Line in the development of the HSS.
Stena Explorer at Dún Laoghaire | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | HSS 1500 |
| Builders | Finnyards, Finland |
| Operators |
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| Built | June 1994 - April 1997 |
| In service | April 1996 - September 2014 |
| Planned | 4 |
| Building | 1996 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Cancelled | 1 |
| Laid up | 1 |
| Retired | 3 |
| Scrapped | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | High-speed catamaran |
| Tonnage | 19,638 GT |
| Displacement | 90.50 |
| Length | 126.6 m (415 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 40.0 m (131 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
| Depth | 100m |
| Decks | 7 |
| Deck clearance | 30 min |
| Ramps | 3 |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 4x Kamewa Type S Waterjets |
| Speed | Unladen record 51 knots |
| Capacity |
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| Notes | The Stena Explorer is mainly laid up, it only sails in Summer now. |
Three vessels were ultimately completed in 1996 and 1997. The first of the class, Stena Explorer, entered service in April 1996, serving the Holyhead - Dún Laoghaire route from 1996 to 2014. Two others had served Stranraer to Belfast and Harwich to Hook of Holland. On the 200-kilometre Hoek–Harwich route, the Stena HSS had cut the crossing time in half by cruising at 41 knots.
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