Global InformationHSC One World Karadeniz information
 Stena Explorer berthing in Dún Laoghaire
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| History | |
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| Port of registry |
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| Builder | Finnyards, Finland |
| Cost | £65,000,000 |
| Yard number | 404 |
| Laid down | June 1994 |
| Launched | May 1995 |
| Completed | February 1996 |
| In service | April 1996 – September 2014 |
| Identification | IMO number: 9080194 |
| Status | Sold to firm in Turkey for static use as offices, power generator and research projects.[1] Moored, at Yalova, Turkey. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | HSS 1500 |
| Developed by: | Stena Rederi AB |
| Tonnage | 19,638 GT |
| Length | 126.6 m (415 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 40.0 m (131 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
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| Propulsion | 4 × KaMeWa Type S waterjets |
| Speed | 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph) |
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One World Karadeniz (previously Stena Explorer) is a former high-speed ferry that operated on Stena Line's Holyhead–Dún Laoghaire service between Great Britain and Ireland until 2014.[2] It is a member of the HSS 1500 class of high-speed ferries introduced and developed by Stena Line from 1996 onwards. The HSS 1500-class vessels became the largest catamarans in service in the world.[3]
In 2015 the ferry was owned by Karadeniz Holding to be used as a floating office, research space and alternative power generator in Karmarine shipyard in Yalova near Istanbul, Turkey, as part of the Powerships project from the company that owned the vessel.[1] However, in 2016 the vessel was on sale for as low as 6.5 million dollars.[4][5]
- ^ a b "The Holyhead to Ireland fast ferry is to become a hi-tech floating office ... in Turkey.The ship is currently on sale for as low as 4.5 Million Pounds on Unlimited Offshore". Wales Online. 14 January 2016.
- ^ Ashmore, Jehan (June 2015). "Farewell to Stena's HSS". Ships Monthly. Retrieved 4 December 2022 – via archive.org.
- ^ Bowen, David (5 May 1996). "Forget the tunnel; all the talk on the high seas is of 50mph super ferries. And Britain doesn't make any of them". The Independent. United Kingdom. p. 1 (Business Supplement). Retrieved 26 December 2009.
The HSS is the biggest catamaran in the world...
- ^ "HSS 1500 series high speed catamaran ferry for sale (ex Stena line)". Unlimited Offshore. 5 May 2016.
- ^ "HSS Stena Explorer – Past and Present". Dover Ferry Photos. 11 August 2022.