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HSS 1500

Model of Stena high speed catamaran passenger and car ferry

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	StenaLine-StenaExplorer-DunLoaghaire-2008-04-07 5.jpg
image_caption	Stena Explorer at Dún Laoghaire
section2	{{Infobox ship/class overview
name	HSS 1500
builders	Finnyards, Finland
operators	*Stena Line
built_range	June 1994 - April 1997
in_service_range	April 1996 - September 2014
total_ships_building	1996
total_ships_planned	4
total_ships_completed	3
total_ships_canceled	1
total_ships_laid_up	1
total_ships_retired	3
total_ships_scrapped	2
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
type	High-speed catamaran
tonnage
displacement	90.50
length	126.6 m
beam	40.0 m
draught	4.8 m
depth	100m
decks	7
deck_clearance	30 min
ramps	3
power	*COGAG Turbines:
propulsion	4x Kamewa Type S Waterjets
speed	Unladen record 51 knots
capacity	*1,500 passengers
notes	The Stena Explorer is mainly laid up, it only sails in Summer now.

Albamar Shipping Company
2 × GE LM2500
2 × GE LM1600
375 cars
800 lane metres

HSS 1500 was the name of a model of Stena HSS craft developed and originally operated by Stena Line on European international ferry routes. The vessels were the largest high-speed craft in the world. Several design patents were registered to Stena Line in the development of the HSS.

Three vessels were ultimately completed in 1996 and 1997. The first of the class, Stena Explorer, entered service in April 1996, serving the Holyhead - Dún Laoghaire route from 1996 to 2014. Two others had served Stranraer to Belfast and Harwich to Hook of Holland. On the 200-kilometre Hoek–Harwich route, the Stena HSS had cut the crossing time in half by cruising at 41 knots.

Design and construction

Stena Explorer was constructed by Finnyards in Rauma, Finland.

The HSS 1500 is a semi-small-waterplane-area twin hull (SWATH) catamaran, and was designed with the aim of providing a comfortable and fast service.

Power is provided by four GE Aviation gas turbines in a twin COGAG configuration. The vessels employ four Kamewa waterjets for propulsion.

The HSS class of ferries were designed to allow quick turnarounds at port, in 30 minutes or less. A specially designed linkspan for the Stena HSS provides ropeless mooring and allows quick loading, unloading and servicing. Vehicles are loaded via two of the four stern doors and park in a "U" configuration. When disembarking, vehicles drive straight off via the other two doors.

Ships

Stena Explorer (now: One World Karadeniz) - Sold for use as office space in Turkey
Stena Voyager - scrapped in Sweden
Stena Discovery (later: HSS Discovery) - scrapped in Turkey

References

"Stena Explorer". Sealink-Holyhead.
Ashmore, Jehan. (June 2015). "Farewell to Stena's HSS".
[https://books.google.com/books?id=xNA9X3UNbRcC&pg=PA43 "Fast Ferries"], by Ian Manser, in ''The Global Change?'', International Ports Congress 1999, page 43. Online at [[Google Books]].
"A Ferry for the Future". Bonaire Reporter.
"Stena Explorer". Det Norske Veritas.
"Stena Explorer". Fakta Om Fartyg.
"The story behind the building of the first Stena HSS". Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company.
(2002-09-09). "GE Marine Engines' LM Gas Turbines Exceed 600,000 Hours Operating Aboard 16 Fast Ferries". [[GE Aviation]].

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