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HSC Condor Voyager (Incat 057) – Past and Present

IMO Number: 9221358

HSC Condor Voyager

ex Normandie Express, The Lynx, Incat Tasmania

© Nicolas Lévy

🆕 Condor Voyager – © Nicolas Lévy (Saint Malo, 30/05/2021)

Aluminium ‘Evolution 10B’ catamaran built in 2000 by Incat  (International Catamarans) Australia Pty. Ltd., Hobart, Australia (Yard No. 057) as a car and passenger ferry

Technical Data

  • Length: 97.22m (overall)
  • Breadth: 26.60m
  • Draught: 3.438m
  • Tonnage: 6,581 gross/2,514 net/750 deadweight
  • Engines: Four 20-cyl, Ruston 20RK270 diesels.
  • Power: 28,320 kW.
  • Speed: 37.0 knots (44.0 knots max)
  • Capacity: 900 passengers, 260 cars
  • Call Sign: ZMIL, FMIH, C6FA3
  • IMO Number: 9221358
  • MMSI Number: 311001050
  • Registry: Spain, New Zealand, Bahamas, France, Bahamas.
  • Sister ships: Incat 058, The Cat, Incat 060, Incat 062.


Current AIS Location


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History

 July 29th 2000: Launched.

August 2nd 2000: Sea trials.

August 2000: Delivered to Incat Chartering Pty. Ltd., Hobart, Australia.

August 3rd 2000: Transported the Olympic torch around the Tasmanian coast.

Courtesy of Incat © António Cardoso

Incat Tasmania – Courtesy of Incat © António Cardoso

September 9th 2000: Chartered to Australian Trade Commission and laid up in Sydney as a floating conference during the Olympic Games.

October 6th 2000: Left Sydney for Hobart (via Victoria) for completion.

November 2000: Chartered to Tranz Rail, Wellington, New Zealand and renamed THE LYNX.

© Glenn Towler Courtesy of Incat  

The Lynx – © Glenn Towler (left) Courtesy of Incat (right)

November 25th 2000: Left Hobart for Wellington.

December 10th 2000 – July 2003: Services between Wellington – Picton.

July 14th 2003: Left Wellington for Hobart.

July 16th 2003: Laid up in Hobart.

December 2004: Chartered to Brittany Ferries, France for delivery in 2005.

January 2005: Renamed NORMANDIE EXPRESS.

© Glenn Towler

Normandie Express – © Glenn Towler

January 19th 2005: Arrived Hobart for loading of supplies for tsunami disaster victims in Indonesia and also on board the vessel, for delivery to France, was the yacht SILL ET VOILIA which in December 2004 was forced to retire into Hobart from the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world race.

© Mike Triplett © Mike Triplett  

Normandie Express – © Mike Triplett

January 21st 2005: Left Hobart for Europe.

February 2005: Arrived Roscoff.

March 15th 2005: Commenced services between Ouistreham – Portsmouth/ Cherbourg – Portsmouth.

Courtesy of Brittany Ferries

Normandie Express – © Ray Goodfellow

November 2005 – March 2006: Refit in Dunkerque and the laid up.

© Andreas Wörteler

Normandie Express – © Andreas Wörteler

March 30th 2006 – October 29th 2006: Services between Ouistreham/ Cherbourg – Portsmouth.

© Ray Goodfellow © Ray Goodfellow 

Normandie Express – © Ray Goodfellow (Portsmouth 16/04/06)

March 5th 2007: Sold to Bretagne Angleterre Irlande SA (BAI), Caen, France (management Brittany Ferries).

Normandie Express – © Robert Fournier

February 21st 2008 – March 4th 2008: Services between Plymouth – Roscoff.

© Andreas Wörteler © Andreas Wörteler  

© Andreas Wörteler

Normandie Express – © Andreas Wörteler (Portsmouth 22/08/2009)

May 4th 2013: Berthing trials in Le Havre.

© Andreas Wörteler 

Normandie Express – © Andreas Wörteler (Cherbourg 10/05/2013)(left) and © Ray Goodfellow (Cherbourg May 2013) (right)  

Normandie Express – © Ray Goodfellow (Departing Portsmouth 17/07/13)

May 19th 2013 – September 8th 2013: Services between Le Havre – Portsmouth.

© Dan Hall

Normandie Express – © Dan Hall (Undergoing refit in Cherbourg 30/11/13

17th April 2014 – September 9th 2014: Service between Portsmouth and Cherbourg. Additionally, from 22nd May until 7th September the craft offered weekend sailings to Le Havre.

October 29th 2014:  In anticipation of covering for the Barfleur on the Poole-Cherbourg service she conducted berthing trials at Poole. Returned to Cherbourg the same day.

© Dan Hall © Dan Hall  

Normandie Express – © Dan Hall (Poole 29/10/2014)

November 2nd 2014: Chartered to act as a spectator vessel for the start of the ‘Route du Rhum‘ yacht race at St Malo.

© Nicolas Levy © Nicolas Levy  

© Nicolas Levy © Nicolas Levy  

Normandie Express – © Nicolas Levy (Route du Rhum, St Malo 02/11/14)

November 4th 2014: Departed Cherbourg for Le Havre and Winter lay up.

© Nicolas Lévy

Normandie Express – © Nicolas Lévy (Laid up in Le Havre with the Bretagne)

March 2015: Currently docked in the Darse De L’Océan in Le Havre. Anticipated return to service on the 29/04/15. She will initially cover the Cherbourg-Poole service of the Barfleur until the 14/5/15 before resuming service between Le Havre/Cherbourg and Portsmouth on the 15/5/15.

April 21st 2015: Departed Winter lay up in Le Havre and headed to Cherbourg to be prepared for service.

April 29th 2015: Resumed service from Poole/Portsmouth to Le Havre/Cherbourg.

© Dan Hall © Dan Hall  

Normandie Express – © Dan Hall  (Departing Poole, 29/04/2015)

September 8th 2015: Final sailing 2015 season, Portsmouth -Cherbourg.

September 20th 2015: Sailed from Cherbourg to Dunkerque, for refit/maintenance.

September 20th 2015: Arrived in Dunkerque.

  

  

Normandie Express – © Julien Carpentier

October 9th 2015: Arrived in Le Havre for Winter lay up. She is due to resume services between Portsmouth and Cherbourg on the 27/04/16.

April 18th 2016: Departed from Winter lay up in Le Havre bound for Cherbourg to be prepared for service.

April 26th 2016: Departed Cherbourg for Portsmouth in anticipation of reopening the Summer only Portsmouth-Cherbourg service the following day.

April 27th 2016: Reopened the Portsmouth-Cherbourg service.

September 13th 2016: Completed her last crossing between Cherbourg and Portsmouth of the 2016 Summer Season.


Interior 2017

© Paul Cloke  © Paul Cloke

© Paul Cloke  © Paul Cloke

© Paul Cloke  © Paul Cloke

© Paul Cloke  © Paul Cloke

Normandie Express – © Paul Cloke


September 26th 2016: Departed Cherbourg for Winter lay up at the Darse de l’Océan in Le Havre. She will return to service on 20/04/17.

April 10th 2017: Departed Le Havre for Cherbourg to be readied for service.

April 19th 2017: Arrived in Portsmouth to be readied for her first crossing of the 2017 Summer season.

April 20th 2017: Resumed service between Portsmouth and Cherbourg.

  

Normandie Express – © Ray Goodfellow (Departing Portsmouth 05/06/17)

June 7th-8th 2017: Sailings cancelled due to a technical issue.

September 11th 2017: Sailings cancelled due to adverse weather.

September 12th 2017: Departed Portsmouth for Cherbourg closing the 2017 season. Upon arrival in Cherbourg the vessel was destocked and proceeded to the syncrolift in where she will underwent an overhaul of her engines and waterjets.

October 20th 2017: Departed Cherbourg for Winter lay up in Le Havre. Due to depart Le Havre for Cherbourg on the 23/04/18 to be readied for service before resuming service from Cherbourg to Portsmouth on the 03/05/18.

© Simonwp

Normandie Express – © Simonwp (Portsmouth, 12/06/2018)

September 16th 2019: Came off service and sailed to Dunkerque for winter lay-up.

 

Normandie Express – © Julien Carpentier (Dunkerque, 22/09/2019)

October 23rd 2019: Left Dunkerque and sailed to Le Havre.

October 23rd 2019: Arrived at Le Havre and laid up.

March 2020: Anticipated return to service delayed by Coronavirus Pandemic and continued lay up in Le Havre.

© Nicolas Lévy © Nicolas Lévy

Normandie Express – © Nicolas Lévy  (Le Havre, 13/09/2020)

March 27th 2021: Left Le Havre for overhaul in Cherbourg.

March 29th 2021: Arrived Cherbourg.

April 23rd 2021: Renamed CONDOR VOYAGER, during 2021,  she will operate services for Condor Ferries. 

© Dogan © Dogan

Normandie Express – © Dogan (Cherbourg, 11/05/2021. Undergoing livery and name change)

May 30th 2021: Left Cherbourg.

May 30th 2021: Arrived Saint  Malo and conducted berthing trials.

© Nicolas Lévy © Nicolas Lévy © Nicolas Lévy © Nicolas Lévy © Nicolas Lévy © Nicolas Lévy © Nicolas Lévy © Nicolas Lévy © Nicolas Lévy

Condor Voyager – © Nicolas Lévy (Saint Malo, 30/05/2021)

June 2nd 2021: Sailed from St Malo to St Helier (Jersey)

June 2nd 2021: Maiden arrival in St Helier. Her bow anchor touched a concrete dolphin on the Harbour wall. No damage was sustained.

June 3rd 2021: Arrived in Poole for berthing trials.

© Darren Holdaway © Darren Holdaway © Darren Holdaway © Darren Holdaway

Condor Voyager – 🆕 © Darren Holdaway (Poole 043/06/2021)


All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Julien Carpentier, Paul Cloke, Dogan, Robert Fournier, Dan Hall, Darren Holdaway, Nicolas Lévy, Simonwp, Glenn Towler, Mike Triplett and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.

Special thanks go to Brittany Ferries and International Catamarans PTY (Incat).

Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)

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