Category:IMO 9176046

**Catalonia**
	catamaran launched in 1998
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Instance of	catamaran; high-speed craft; ferry;
Call sign	SIUO;
Manufacturer	Incat;
Yard number	047;
Country of registry	Sweden;
Service entry	1998;
Gross tonnage	5,902;
Length	92 m;
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	Q5635911; IMO ship number: 9176046; MMSI: 266447000
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IMO number : 9176046
Name of ship : CATALONIA → CATALONIA L (20/06/1998–01/04/2000) → PORTSMOUTH EXPRESS → CATALONIA (01/10/2000–01/05/2001) → PORTSMOUTH EXPRESS → CATALONIA (01/10/2001–01/05/2002) → PORTSMOUTH EXPRESS → CATALONIA (01/10/2002–01/04/2003) → EXPRESS FASTCRAFT → CATALONIA (01/09/2003–01/11/2003) → EXPRESS → GOLDEN EXPRESS (01/11/2018–2019) → SUPEREXPRESS (since 01/05/2019)
Call sign : → C6FQ4 → SIUO → SVCT8
MMSI : 311074000 → 266447000 → 240139500
Gross tonnage : 5903 (during 1998)
DWT : 450
Type of ship : Passenger/Ro-Ro Cargo Ship (during 1997)
Builder : InCat Tasmania Pty (047)
Year of build : 1998
Flag : Spain → Uruguay (01/04/2003–01/09/2003) → Bahamas → Sweden (since 01/02/2016) → Greece (since 01/11/2018)
Port of registry : Las Palmas → Montevideo → Nassau → Uppsala → Piraeus
Status of ship : Keel Laid (12/05/1997) → Launched (17/01/1998) → Delivered (16/05/1998) → In Service/Commission
Registered owner : P&O EURO FERRIES PORTSMOUTH (2000–01/04/2003) → LOS CIPRESES SA, Montevideo, Uruguay → NORDIC HSC AB Box 9020, SE-750 09 Uppsala, Sweden (13/10/2015–26/11/2018) → GOLDEN FAST FERRIES MARITIME → GOLDEN STAR FERRIES SC 133, Filonos Street, 185 36 Piraeus, Greece (since 10/05/2019)

Type	RoRo ship
IMO number	9176046
Built by	InCat Tasmania Pty Ltd, Hobart, Australia.
Yard number	047
Keel laid	12 May 1997
Launch date	17 January 1998
Completion date	1 May 1998
Length overall	91.3 m (99.8 yd)
Beam	26 m (28.4 yd)
Draft	3.7 m (12.2 ft)
Gross register tonnage	5902 register tons
Passengers	900
Main engine	4x Caterpillar 20RK270 marine diesel engines, 28800 kW, for 4x Lips LJ145D waterjet
Speed	40 knots

History

1998 Named: HSC CATALONIA for Buquebus S.A, Montevideo, Uruguay. Flag: Spain
09.06.1998 Earned the Blue Riband, Eastbound, making the 5029 km run from Manhattan to Tarifa, Spain, in 3 days 7 hours 54 minutes, traveling at an average speed of 72 km/h
20.06.1998 Renamed: CATALONIA L
04.2000 Chartered to P&O European Ferries, Nassau, Bahamas Renamed: PORTSMOUTH EXPRESS
01-10-2000 Renamed: CATALONIA
01-05-2001 Renamed: PORTSMOUTH EXPRESS
01-10-2001 Renamed: CATALONIA
01-05-2002 Renamed: PORTSMOUTH EXPRESS
01-10-2002 Renamed: CATALONIA Flag: Uruguay Out of service, laid up in Algeciras, Spain
01.04.2003 Sold to Los Cipreses SA Flag: Bahamas In service
29.04.2003 Engine problem, out of service untill 16.05.2003
01.09.2003 Renamed: EXPRESS
04.2004 Renamed: CHERBOURG EXPRESS (?)
10.2004 Out of service, laid up at A&P in Birkenhead.
13.03.2005 In service for P&O Irish Ferries.
10.2005 Out of service, laid up in Belfast.
13.02.2006 Overhoul in Falmouth
15.03.2006 In service
04.10.2007 Laid up in Belfast.
15.03.2008 In service
13.10.2008 Laid up in Belfast.
13.03.2009 In service
05.10.2009 Laid up in Belfast.

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