HSC Condor 10

HSC Condor 10 arriving at St. Malo in 2003
History
Name:	Condor 10 (1993–2011) Hanil Blue Narae (2011 onwards)
Owner:	Enterprise Trading Pte. Ltd. (1993–2004) Condor Ferries (2004–2011) Hanil Express Co. Ltd. (2011 onwards)
Operator:	Condor Ferries (1993–1994) New Zealand Railways (1994–1995) Viking Line (1995) Interislander (1995–1996) Stena Line (1996) Interislander (1996–1997) Holyman Sally Ferries (1997) Interislander (1997–1999) TT-Line Tasmania (1999) Condor Ferries (2002–2011) Hanil Express (2011 Onwards)
Port of registry:	?, Korea
Builder:	Incat, Tasmania, Australia
Yard number:	030
Launched:	1992
Completed:	1993
Maiden voyage:	1 April 1993
In service:	sold to a South Korean company
Identification:	IMO number: 9001526
Status:	In Service
General characteristics
Tonnage:	3,240 tonnes
Length:	74.15 m (243.3 ft)
Beam:	26 m (85.3 ft)
Draft:	2.62 m (8 ft 7.1 in)
Installed power:	4x 5250bhp Ruston 16RK270 M medium speed diesel engines
Propulsion:	4x Lips LJ145D waterjet
Speed:	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Capacity:	576 passengers 90 vehicles
Crew:	24

The HSC Condor 10 is a 74m fast catamaran ferry formerly operated by Condor Ferries but now operating in Pusan, South Korea.

Condor 10 was built in 1992 at the Incat Yards in Tasmania, Australia as Condor Ten but was renamed Condor 10 shortly after. She entered service with Condor Ferries between Weymouth and the Channel Islands in April 1993 replacing the smaller passenger only Condor 9. With Condor 10, Condor Ferries captured a significant share of the Channel Island passenger market which resulted in the closure and sale of British Channel Island Ferries which operated from Poole in 1994. Condor 10 continued to operate for Condor Ferries until October 1994. In December of that year she arrived in New Zealand on charter to Tranz Rail for the Interisland Line service. For this service the ship carried the marketing name The Lynx but her official name remained as Condor 10. After completing her first successful summer season in New Zealand, Condor 10 returned to the Northern Hemisphere to operate for Viking Line under the marketing name of Viking Express 1. This began a pattern of the ship operating under charter in both hemispheres for their respective summer seasons which lasted until 1999. Condor 10 returned to New Zealand again for the 1995/1996 summer season before heading north once again this time on charter to Stena Line for their Fishguard-Rosslare service. After further service in New Zealand Condor 10 was expected to return to Condor Ferries in 1997 for a new service between Weymouth and St Malo via Guernsey but Holyman required the ship for their new Holyman Sally service between Ramsgate and Dunkirk. This service was not successful and only lasted until October 1997. After yet another season of operating in New Zealand in late 1997 early 1998 the ship returned to Weymouth where she was laid up until being required by Tranz Rail one final time. After 1999 Condor 10's place on the Lynx service was taken by Condor Vitesse. After her service on the Interisland Line she was briefly chartered by TT-Line (Australia) for service between Devonport and Melbourne after the M/S Spirit of Tasmania was forced to be laid up for repairs due to fuel contamination after which Condor 10 was laid up at the Incat Yards in Hobart in 1999.