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A high-speed craft (HSC) is a high-speed water vessel for civilian use, also called a fastcraft or fast ferry. The first high-speed craft were often hydrofoils or hovercraft, but in the 1990s catamaran and monohull designs become more popular. Most high-speed craft serve as passenger ferries, but the largest catamarans and monohulls also carry ...
HSC Villum Clausen On the way from the shipyard of Austal in Australia to Rønne in Denmark the ferry had a top speed of 47.7 knots and an average of 43.4 knots, and on February 16 and 17, 2000 it had reached 1,063 sea miles within 24 hours, thereby setting the world record which was then written in the Guinness Book of Records.
High-speed craft, a high-speed water vessel also called a fast ferry List of HSC ferry routes; Passenger-Only Fast Ferry-class ferry, ferries propelled by water jets rather than traditional propellers; MDV 1200-class fast ferry, a class of six vessels built by Fincantieri in Italy
Incat high-speed craft (32 P) M. MDV 1200-class fast ferries (4 P) U. High speed vessels of the United States Navy (2 C, 14 P) Pages in category "High-speed craft"
High-speed Sea Service or Stena HSS was a class of high-speed craft developed by and originally operated by Stena Line on European international ferry routes. The HSS 1500 had an in-service speed of 40 knots (75 km/h). Several patents were registered to Stena Line in the development of the HSS, and four vessels were completed between 1996 and 1997.
Funding for California high-speed rail project Earlier this year, the California High-Speed Rail Authority was passed over on its applications for about $1.2 billion from two other federal grant ...
They are wide aluminum-hulled, water jet-propelled vessels for operations in close coastal and shallow waters.They have an endurance of 500 nautical miles (930 km; 580 mi) at 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) and capable of doing high speed up to 45 knots (83 km/h; 52 mph).
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