TERCEIRA (Hong Kong)

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D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen
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TERCEIRA (Hong Kong)

Post by D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen » Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:07 pm

Built in 1979 by Boeing Marine Systems, Seattle, Wa. #0012 as NORMANDY PRINCESS.
Aluminium Alloy TGT Hydrofoil Ferry, type 'Jetfoil 929', Gt:329,Nt:225, Loa:30,10m. Lbpp:23,93m. Boa:9,50m. B.hull:8,54m. D:2,60m. Draught:1,50m. 2 Gas Turbines General Motors:7400 hp. (5443 kW.) 2 water jet propulsion units, 43 kn. pass:278, IMO.7910008.
In 1981 sold to Shun Tak Enterprises Corp. Ltd., Hong Kong, renamed TERCEIRA, service Hong Kong - Macau, 2010 to Shun Tak-China Travel Ship, management Premier Jetfoil.
(Macau 1986 3 P. StG.632)
LR88/89 + 98/98 + internet.
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Re: TERCEIRA (Hong Kong)

Post by aukepalmhof » Fri Apr 01, 2016 10:34 pm

09 January 1978 laid down.
08 January 1979 launched as NORMANDY PRINCESS.
21 February 1979 completed.

After completed used by Jetlink Ferries Ltd. in a short-lived ferry service between Brighton, U.K. to Dieppe, France.

2016 as given by equasis, still named TERCEIRA, owned by Bigrand International Ltd., Hong Kong, and managed by Turbojet since 1999.

Stanley Gibbons names her TERCERA which is wrong.

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