Jaume II High Speed Catamaran [4K] to Ibiza

HSC Jaume II high speed catamaran built (1996) by Incat in Tasmania, Australia leaving the port of Denia to Ibiza March 2018

First name 1996 Condor 12 operated by Condor Ferries Channel Island services.
1997 change to Holyman Rapide and operated on the English Channel.
Next change to Rapid and transferred to Hoverspeed's English Channel Routes.
March 2001 Rapide moved up from the English Channel to Sea Containers Irish Sea services
For March 2002 the Rapide was deployed between Belfast and Heysham and services to/from the Isle of Man, until a disastrous fire on Wednesday 21 August 2002 on the 0700 service. A fire was reported in the Port Engine room at 0800. The vessel was forced to turn back to Belfast and passengers were offered alternative travel arrangements.
For 2005 Rapide was deployed, as Seacat Rapide, between Dover and Calais for Hoverspeed,

In June 2006 Rapide left the channel probably for the last time bound for a new career in the Mediterranean with the Spanish shipping company Baleària, renamed Jaume II.

In February 2016 four new main engines were fitted at the Astilleros del Guadalquivir shipyard in Seville, to reduce fuel consumption and NOx emissions and to increase speed. At the same time the interior areas of the ship were upgraded and modernised

Length: 81.15 m (266.2 ft)
Beam: 26 m (85.3 ft)
Draft: 3.15 m (10.3 ft)
Installed power: 4x Ruston 16-cylinder 16RK270 MkII High Efficiency Marine Diesel Engines
Propulsion: 4x Lips LJ145D waterjet
Speed: 37 knots (43 mph)

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