Tallink AutoExpress 2 at quay 8 in Port of Tallinn on June 21, 2007.
History
Name
  • 1997–2001: Boomerang
  • 2001–2018: Tallink AutoExpress 2
Owner2009–2018: Conferry
Operator
Port of registry
BuilderAustal, Henderson, Western Australia
Yard number53
Launched1 March 1997
Completed1997
AcquiredMay 1997
Maiden voyage1997
In service1997
Out of service2018
Identification
FateSank and later scrapped
General characteristics [2]
Tonnage5,419 GT
Length82.3 m (270 ft 0 in)
Beam23.0 m (75 ft 6 in)
Draught2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Installed power4 x MTU 20V 1163 TB73 diesel engines
Propulsion4 x Kamewa waterjets
Speed38 knots (service speed)
Capacity
  • 700 passengers
  • 175 cars

The HSC Tallink AutoExpress 2 was a fast passenger ferry (catamaran) operated by the Venezuelan ferry company Conferry on the line between Puerto la Cruz and Punta de Piedras, Margarita Island. She sank in 2018 and later she was scrapped.

History

HSC Boomerang was built in 1997 by Austal in Australia and owned by Sea Tropid Co. Ltd. (Polferries). The vessel is of the AutoExpress 82-type designed by Austal. In 2001 the ship was bought by Tallink and renamed Tallink AutoExpress 2, operating between Tallinn, Estonia, and Helsinki, Finland. On October 12, 2007, the ship collided with HSC SuperSeaCat Three in Tallinn Harbour, resulting a meter-long hole in the ship's side. No passengers were harmed in the incident. After that, the vessel was chartered to Conferry, a ferry operator in Venezuela.[3] On November 3, the vessel arrived at the premises of Curaçao Drydock, after being delivered by Redwise. It was bought by Conferry in 2009. On August 6, 2018 it has partially sunk due to a lack of proper maintenance, abandoned in the port of Guanta, Venezuela.[4] It was no longer operational from about 2017 due to lack of funds caused by economic crisis in Venezuela.

References

  1. ↑ Tallink Autoexpress 2
  2. ↑ Boomerang Austal
  3. ↑ "Chartering of fast ferry Tallink Autoexpress 2". News. Tallink Grupp. GlobeNewswire. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. ↑ Torkin, Nikolay (7 August 2018). "Ferry sank in Venezuela". Maritime Bulletin. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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