Incat
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Incat Australia Pty Ltd | |
Type of Company | Proprietary Limited Company |
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Founded | 1977 |
Headquarters | Hobart, Tasmania |
Industry | Shipbuilding |
Products | Wave Piercing Catamarans |
Website | www.incat.com.au |
International Catamarans, trading as Incat, is a manufacturer of large-scale HSC catamarans based in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The company builds large commercial and military vessels that use aluminium construction, wave-piercing and water jet technology. Vessels have been constructed up to 98 metres in length and cruise at 40 knots. An Incat vessel is the holder of the Blue Riband Trophy for the fastest sea crossing of the Atlantic ocean.
Several catamarans built by Incat have entered naval services, including HMAS Jervis Bay (AKR-45), best known for its contribution to the INTERFET in East Timor, and HSV-1 Joint Venture and HSV-2 Swift, both having been in service with the US military.
In the late 90's and early 2000's the company was in severe financial strife and heavily in debt to the Tasmanian Government. It found its way out of this financial crisis after it received renewed contracts to build catamarans from oversees corporations and the US military.
[edit] Deliveries
Yard No | Model | Current name | Operator |
020 | 30m Cat | Our Lady Patricia | Laid up |
021 | 30m Cat | Our Lady Pamela | Wightlink |
022 | 37m WPC | Sea Flight | Sea Flight Cruises |
023 | 74m WPC | Emeraude France | Laid up |
024 | 74m WPC | Patricia Olivia | Buquebus |
025 | 74m WPC | Speed Runner 1 | Aegean Speed Lines |
026 | 74m WPC | Sea Express 1 | Isle of Man Steam Packet Co |
027 | 74m WPC | Pescara Jet | SNAV |
028 | 74m WPC | Seacat Scotland | Laid up |
030 | 74m WPC | Condor 10 | Condor Ferries |
031 | 74m WPC | Mandarin | Dae-A Express Shipping Co Ltd |
032 | 74m WPC | Atlantic III | Navegacion Atlandia SA |
033 | 78m WPC | Jaume 1 | Balearia |
034 | 78m WPC | Elanora | El Salam |
035 | 78m WPC | Thundercat 1 | FRS |
036 | 70m K50 | Juan Patricio | Buquebus |
037 | 78m K50 | Sunflower | Dae-A-Gosok |
038 | 81m WPC | Jaume II | Balearia |
039 | Project | R & D Craft | |
040 | 81m WPC | Stena Lynx III | Stena Line |
041 | 81m WPC | Seacat Diamant | Balearia |
042 | 86m WPC | Condor Express | Condor Ferries |
043 | 86m WPC | Tarifa Jet | FRS |
044 | 86m WPC | Condor Vitesse | Condor Ferries |
045 | 86m WPC | Speed One | Speed Ferries |
046 | 86m WPC | Incat 046 | Trinidad & Tobago Govt |
047 | 91m WPC | Express | P&O Irish Sea |
048 | 91m WPC | Max Mols | Mols Linien |
049 | 91m WPC | Master Cat | Master Ferries |
050 | 96m WPC | HSV X1 Joint Venture | TACOM |
051 | 96m WPC | Bonanza Express | Fred Olsen Lineas |
052 | 96m WPC | Alboran | Acciona Trasmediterranea |
053 | 96m WPC | Bencomo Express | Fred Olsen Lineas |
055 | 96m WPC | Bentago Express | Fred Olsen Lineas |
056 | 96m WPC | Milenium | Acciona Trasmediterranea |
057 | 98m WPC | Normandie Express | Brittany Ferries |
058 | 98m WPC | Milenium Dos | Acciona Trasmediterranea |
059 | 98m WPC | The Cat | Bay Ferries |
060 | 98m WPC | TSV 1X Spearhead | US Navy |
061 | 98m WPC | HSV 2 Swift | US Navy |
062 | 98m WPC | Milenium Tres | Acciona Trasmediterranea |