Red Jet 5
Red Jet 5 just after departing Cowes.
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| History | |
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| Name: |
1999—2008: MV Bo Hengy 2009-2016 MV Red Jet 5 2016 onwards: Schiopparello Jet |
| Operator: |
1999-2008: Bahamas Ferries 2009-2016: |
| Builder: |
Pequot River Shipworks, New London, USA |
| Laid down: | 1999 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 8954415 |
| Fate: | Sold to Toremar |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Solent Class Catamaran |
| Tonnage: | 209 GRT |
| Length: | 32.9 m (107.9 ft) |
| Beam: | 8.32 m (27.3 ft) |
| Draught: | 1.25 m (4 ft 1.2 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x MTU/DDC 4000 Series 4 |
| Speed: | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
| Capacity: | 187 |
| Crew: | max 3 |
1999—2008: MV Bo Hengy
2009-2016 MV Red Jet 5
1999-2008: Bahamas Ferries
2009-2016: 
Red Funnel
Pequot River Shipworks,
MV Red Jet 5 is a passenger catamaran ferry operated by Red Funnel on their route from Southampton to Cowes on the Isle of Wight. It worked alongside sister ships Red Jet 3 and Red Jet 4, and was a replacement for Red Jet 1 & Red Jet 2, which were sold shortly before. The vessel is unique in that it is the only Red Jet not new to Red Funnel. Red Jet 5 has since been sold to Toremar for an undisclosed sum.
Like Red Jet 3, the vessel is a Solent class catamaran designed by FBM Marine on the Isle of Wight, however unlike its sister ship it was built in the United States, at the Pequot River Shipworks in New London, Connecticut in 1999. A distinguishing feature of the vessel is its sheltered sundeck.
Commissioned for Bahamas Ferries, the vessel was named Bo Hengy, and was retired in 2008. Bahamas Ferries now operates a larger catamaran called Bo Hengy II.
Following purchase by Red Funnel the vessel was transported to Southampton by heavy lift ship arriving 11 June 2009. The vessel was then towed Portchester to refurbished and to be given an internal layout based on Red Jet 4. The work was carried out by Testbank along with Coastal and Burgess Marine
The ship was officially named Red Jet 5 by Shirley Robertson on 21 July 2009, entering service about a week later. The vessel is by passenger capacity the third largest in the Red Jet fleet.
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