HSC Speedrunner IV
Speedrunner IV arriving at Milos, July 2011
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| Builder: | Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Italy |
| Yard number: | 6004 |
| Acquired: | May 1999 |
| In service: | 17 April 2000 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9141883 |
| Status: | In service |
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| Class and type: | MDV1200 class fast ferry |
| Tonnage: | 4,465 GT |
| Displacement: | 340 TDW |
| Length: | 100.30 m (329.07 ft) |
| Beam: | 17.10 m (56.10 ft) |
| Draught: | 2.60 m (8.53 ft) |
| Depth: | 10.70 m (35.10 ft) |
| Decks: | 4 (passenger accessible) |
| Installed power: | 4 × Ruston V20RK 270 |
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HSC Speedrunner IV is a fast ferry owned and operated by Golden Star Ferries, set to begin service with them in 2017. She was built in 1999 at Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Italy, for Sea Containers Ltd, but entered service only in 2000 for Sea Container's subsidiary Silja Line. In 2006 she was transferred to another Sea Containers subsidiary, SuperSeaCat. In 2009 she began service with Aegean Speed Lines between Piraeus, Serifos, Sifnos, Milos, Kimolos, Folegandros and Sikinos, as well as Paros and Naxos.In 2016, she was sold to her current owners.
SuperSeaCat Four was the fourth and last mono-hulled fast ferry to be built for Sea Containers. Originally it was planned that she would be set in traffic between Brindisi, Italy and Çeşme, Turkey. The plan was abandoned however, and after delivery in May 1999 SuperSeaCat Four was laid up in La Spezia, Italy.
In 1999 Sea Containers acquired the majority of shares in classic Finnish shipping company Silja Line. Silja were at the time operating traditional ferries on the highly lucrative route between Helsinki and Tallinn, the capitals of Finland and Estonia respectively, but had no fast ferries operating on the route. Sea Containers decided to set their extra SuperSeaCat on that route, and from 17 April 2000 onwards SuperSeaCat Four sailed on the route under Silja Line SuperSeaCat brand. Due to the Baltic Sea freezing during winter, the service could not be operated between January and April each year. The ship spent those months laid up. In 2003 Sea Containers added a second SuperSeaCat to the route, HSC SuperSeaCat Three. For the summer season of 2005 a third ship, HSC SuperSeaCat One was added to the service.
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