HSC Hoverspeed Great Britain
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| Career | UK |
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| Launched: | 1990 |
| In service: | 1990 |
| Renamed: | Speedrunner 1 |
| Honours and awards: |
Blue Riband |
| Fate: | In Mediterranean service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | SeaCat class catamaran |
| Length: | 73.6 metres |
| Beam: | 26.3 metres |
| Draught: | 2.5 metres |
| Propulsion: | Four x GEC Alsthom Ruston 16RK 270 medium speed diesel engines Four steering water-jets 4 x 3600kW at 750rpm |
| Speed: | 35 kt cruise, 40 kt top speed |
| Capacity: | 431 - 600 incl crew |
HSC Hoverspeed Great Britain is a 74 metre long, ocean-going catamaran built in 1990 by Incat, and owned by the UK company Hoverspeed. In 1990, she took the record for the fastest eastbound transatlantic journey held for nearly 40 years by the SS United States (see Blue Riband), making the run in 3 days 7 hours 54 minutes traveling at an average speed of 36.6 knots. The ship has later been renamed Speedrunner 1, and is now a ferry sailing the Mediterranean in the service of Sea Containers Ltd and Aegean Speed Lines.
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| Preceded by United States |
Holder of the Blue Riband (Eastbound) 1990 – 1998 |
Succeeded by Catalonia |
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