HSC Tarifa Jet
Ex Pescara Jet, Sardinia Jet, Sicilia Jet, Incat 043
© DFDS
Aluminium catamaran built in 1997 by Incat (International Catamarans) Australia Pty. Ltd., Hobart, Australia (Yard No. 043) for International Catamarans Pty. Ltd., Hobart, Australia as a car and passenger ferry
Technical Data
- Length: 86.62m
- Breadth: 26.00m
- Draught: 3.628m
- Tonnage: 4995 gross/2008 net/350t deadweight
- Engines: Four 20-cyl, Ruston 20RK270M diesels.
- Power: 28320 kW.
- Speed: 40,5 knots
- Capacity: 800 passengers, 200 cars
- Call Sign: ICSJ, C6VJ8, ICSJ , C4NX2
- IMO Number: 9150999
- DNV Id Number: 19455
- MMSI Number: 224594000
- Registry: Naples/Italy 🇮🇹, Nassau/Bahamas 🇧🇸, Naples/Italy 🇮🇹, Limassol/Cyprus , Dover/UK 🇬🇧
- Sister ships: Champion Jet 2 (042), Champion Jet 1 (044), Champion Jet 3 (045 )
Current AIS Location
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History
April 1st 1994: Contract date.
August 1st 1996: Keel laid.
February 8th 1997: Launched.
March 21st 1997: Completed.
© Glenn Towler (Trials)
May 1997: Delivered to Jet Marine Line S.r.l..
June 1997: Sold to Societa Navali Alta Velocita, Naplesl, Italy and renamed SICILIA JET.
© Pieter Inpyn (Naples, June 2003)
July 1997: Services Naples – Palermo
May 2004: Renamed SARDINIA JET.
June 24th 2004 – September 5th 2004: Services Naples – Golfo Aranci.
2005: Renamed PESCARA JET.
© Benoit Donne (Split, 01/09/2005)
June 26th 2005 – September 11th 2005: Services Pescara – Hvar (Croaria) – Split.
April 2006: Sold to FRS Iberia S.L. Spain (Förde Reederie Seetouristik GmbH, Germany) and renamed TARIFA JET.
May 2006: Services Algeciras/ Tarifa/ Gibraltar – Tanger.
🆕 © Incat
July 19th 2008 – July 30th 2008: Services Algeciras – Tanger.
© Pieter Inpyn (Tangier, 25/09/2013) (Left) © Simonwp (Right)
© Carsten Dettmer (Tarifa, 28/07/2014) (Left) © Daniel Ferro (Tangier, 05/08/2015) (Right)
May 21st 2018: Returned to service on the Algeciras – Tarifa.
March 5th 2021 – April 14th 2021: Services Motril – Melilla.
January 2024: DFDS completed its $200 million takeover of FRS Iberia Maroc. While the FRS Iberia Maroc brand name will ultimately be jettisoned, DFDS continues to market its three Gibraltar Strait routes as FRS Iberia Maroc / DFDS.
January 23rd 2025: TARIFA JET will take her maiden voyage on the Jersey – St. Malo route on 28th March 2025 and LEVANTE JET will also be re-flagged to UK Flag prior to her deployment on Jersey – Poole route on the 17th April 2025. Also from March 28th 2025, STENA VINGA will operate services Portsmouth – Jersey services.
February 6th 2025: Docked in Gibraltar for refit and re-branding to DFDS livery.
© DFDS
February 19th 2025: Arrived Algeciras.
© Shipsphotos Shipsphotos Shipsphotos
March 10th 2025: Sea trials.
March 11th 2025: Left Algeciras for Portland, UK.
March 13th 2025: Called at Vigo.
🆕 © Nathan Burt (Vigo, 13/03/2025)
March 13th 2025: Left Vigo for Portland, UK..
March 15th 2025: Arrived Portland for new service modifications.
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: Carsten Dettmer, Benoit Donne, Daniel Ferro, Pieter Inpyn, Simonwp, Glenn Towler and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.
Special thanks to Nathan Burt
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
