MS Spirit of Tasmania I
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| Route: | 2002 onwards: Melbourne-Devonport |
| Builder: | Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Turku, Finland |
| Yard number: | 1341 |
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| Status: | In service |
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| Class and type: | Superfast III class fast ropax ferry |
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| Length: | 194.3 m (637 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 25.00 m (82 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.55 m (21 ft 6 in) |
| Decks: | 11 |
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| Speed: | 30.8 kn (57.04 km/h) maximum speed |
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MS Spirit of Tasmania I is a fast ropax ferry owned by TT-Line Pty. Ltd. and operated on the route between Melbourne and Devonport. She was built in 1998 by Kvaerner Masa-Yards Turku in Finland for Superfast Ferries as MS Superfast IV. From 2002 onwards she sails for TT-Line Pty. Ltd. as MS Spirit of Tasmania I alongside the Spirit of Tasmania II.
The Superfast IV was the second ship of the second pair (the former pair being Superfast I & Superfast II built in Germany) built for Attica Group's subsidiary Superfast Ferries at Kvaerner Masa-Yards for their Adriatic Sea services from Patras to Ancona She was a sister ship of Superfast III.
Spirit of Tasmania I has 11 decks, with 222 cabins.
The Superfast IV entered service on 1 April 1998 on Superfast Ferries' Patras—Ancona route. In March 2002 the Superfast IV was sold to TT-Line Pty. Ltd.
TT-Line took over their new ship on 10 May of the same year she along with her sister were handed over to TT-Line Pty. Ltd. At Patras. The two ships then sailed to the Neorion ship yard on the island of Syros for painting and general overhaul and renamed Spirit of Tasmania I. She subsequently sailed to Hobart, Tasmania, where she was refitted for her new service. On 1 September 2002 she entered service on TT-Line's Melbourne—Devonport route. The new pair of ships were very popular and the Tasmanian Government decided that a third ship was needed for a Devonport-Sydney service, subsequently purchasing a third superfast ferry and renaming it Spirit of Tasmania III. However it proved to be unprofitable and the ship was sold in September 2006.
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