HSC Highspeed 6

Career
Name: 2000 - 2010: Milenium
2010 onwards: Highspeed 6
Operator: 2000 - 2010: Acciona Trasmediterránea
2010 onwards Hellenic Seaways
Port of registry: 2000 - 2010: La Palma,  Spain
2010 onwards Piraeus,  Greece
Builder:

Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd.,

Hobart, Australia[1]
Yard number: 056
Launched: 2000-04-22[2]
Identification: IMO number: 9221346
Status: in service
General characteristics (as built)[3]
Tonnage:6,360 tonnes
Length:95.47 m (313.2 ft)[1]
Beam:26.6 m (87.3 ft)[1]
Draft:4 m (13.1 ft)
Installed power:4 x Ruston 20RK270 diesel engines[1]
Propulsion:4 x Lips 150/3D waterjets[1]
Speed:38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph)[1]
Capacity:941 passengers (including crew)[1]
260 cars[1]

Highspeed 6 is a 96m high speed catamaran operated by Hellenic Seaways.

History

Highspeed 6 backing into dock at Athinios harbour, Santorini, Greece

Highspeed 6 is one of six 96m catamarans built by Incat Yards in Tasmania, Australia. Built in 2000 as Milenium,[1] she entered service with Trasmediterránea in June 2000 between Barcelona and Palma. In 2010 the Milenium was sold to Greek ferry operator Hellenic Seaways and renamed Highspeed 6.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Hull 056" (pdf; 1,0 MB) (in German). incat. Retrieved 2013-12-30. |chapter= ignored (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 ship-de "MILENIUM" (in German). ship-db.de. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
  3. http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/milenium_2000.htm