The HSC Tallink AutoExpress 2 was a fast passenger ferry (catamaran) operated by the Venezuelan ferry company Conferry on the line between Puerto la Cruz and Punta de Piedras, Margarita Island. She sank in 2018 and later she was scrapped.
 Tallink AutoExpress 2 at quay 8 in Port of Tallinn on June 21, 2007.
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| History | |
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| Owner | |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Austal, Henderson, Western Australia |
| Yard number | 53 |
| Launched | 1 March 1997 |
| Completed | 12 October 1997[2] |
| Out of service | 2018 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sank and later scrapped |
| General characteristics [3] | |
| Tonnage | 5,419 GT |
| Length | 82.3 m (270 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 23.0 m (75 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power | 4 x MTU 20V 1163 TB73 diesel engines |
| Propulsion | 4 x Kamewa waterjets |
| Speed | 38 knots (service speed) |
| Capacity |
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History
editHSC Boomerang was built in 1997 by Austal in Australia to their "AutoExpress 82" design and owned by Sea Tropid Co. Ltd., Cyprus for operation by Polferries between Świnoujście, Poland and Malmö, Sweden. In 2001 the ship was bought by Tallink and renamed Tallink AutoExpress 2, for the Tallinn, Estonia, to Helsinki, Finland route. On 12 October 2007, the ship collided with HSC SuperSeaCat Three in Tallinn harbour, resulting a metre-long hole in the ship's side. There were no serious injuries incurred.[1]
On 3 November 2007, Tallink AutoExpress 2 arrived at Curaçao Drydocks prior to service with Conferry, a ferry operator in Venezuela, under a two-year charter on their domestic Punta de Piedras, Isla Margarita–Puerto La Cruz route.[4] The ferry was bought by Conferry in 2009. In 2017 it was taken out of operation and laid up at Guanta due to lack of funds caused by economic crisis in Venezuela.
Tallink AutoExpress 2 partially sank at her berth at Guanta on 6 August 2018, due to a lack of proper maintenance.[5] In December 2021, she was broken up at the DIANCA shipyard in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Tallink Autoexpress 2 (ex. Boomerang)". faergelejet.dk (in Danish). 2022. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Boomerang (9150286)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Boomerang Austal
- ^ "Chartering of fast ferry Tallink Autoexpress 2". Tallink Grupp. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021 – via GlobeNewswire.
- ^ Torkin, Nikolay (7 August 2018). "Ferry sank in Venezuela". Maritime Bulletin. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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