Stena Explorer berthing in Dún Laoghaire
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History | |
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Port of registry |
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Builder | Finnyards, Finland |
Cost | £65,000,000 |
Yard number | 404 |
Laid down | June 1994 |
Launched | May 1995 |
Completed | February 1996 |
In service | April 1996 – September 2014 |
Identification | IMO number: 9080194 |
Status | Sold to firm in Turkey for static use as offices, power generator and research projects.[1] Moored, at Yalova, Turkey. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | HSS 1500 |
Developed by: | Stena Rederi AB |
Tonnage | 19,638 GT |
Length | 126.6 m (415 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 40.0 m (131 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
Installed power | |
Propulsion | 4 × KaMeWa Type S waterjets |
Speed | 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph) |
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One World Karadeniz (previously Stena Explorer) is a former high-speed ferry that operated on Stena Line's Holyhead–Dún Laoghaire service between Great Britain and Ireland until 2014.[2] It is a member of the HSS 1500 class of high-speed ferries introduced and developed by Stena Line from 1996 onwards. The HSS 1500-class vessels became the largest catamarans in service in the world.[3]
In 2015 the ferry was owned by Karadeniz Holding to be used as a floating office, research space and alternative power generator in Karmarine shipyard in Yalova near Istanbul, Turkey, as part of the Powerships project from the company that owned the vessel.[1] However, in 2016 the vessel was on sale for as low as 6.5 million dollars.[4][5]
The HSS is the biggest catamaran in the world...