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Austal Ships Completes Latest

High Speed Ferry

Located in Western Australia, Austal

Ships has completed its latest Auto

Express 86 high speed vehicle-passen- ger ferry. Named Jonathan Swift, the vessel was designed for the Irish Conti- nental Group PLC (Irish Ferries) of Ire- land.

The large, aluminum catamaran, the first fast ferry for the company, is able to hold up to 800 passengers and 200 cars.

The new service will be known as

Dublin Swift because of its high speed run between Dublin and Holyhead.

Known as the Irish Sea crossing, the trip will run to and from the center of Dublin

City at a rapid service speed of 40 knots with a total travel time of approximately one hour and 50 minutes.

Jonathan Swift is the eleventh Austal

Auto Express commissioned by the company and is the first to boast Cater- pillar engines. In addition to the catama- ran's semi-swath hull form, Jonathan

Swift features Austal's own Ocean Lev-

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The next two Auto Express 86 ships ready to go are for Hulls 95 (handed over this May), and 96, The largest of its kind (constructed outside of Europe) to be outfitted with gas turbine propulsion,

Hull 96 will arrive at Bornholms

Trafikken of Denmark in November 1999.

Main Particulars

Flag Irish

Classification Germanischer Lloyd

Length, o.a 284 ft. (86.6 m)

Length, waterline 243 ft. (74.2 m)

Beam (molded) 79ft.(24m

Depth (molded) 24 ft. (7.3 m)

Hull draft 10 ft. (3.2 m)

DWT 400 tons

Main engines Caterpillar

Gearboxes Reintjes

Wateijets Kamewa

Service speed 40 knots

Fuel consumption 5.3 tons/hr.

Fuel 162,000 liters

Avondale Industries Christened

Mendonca 32 Circle 168 on Reader Service Card

The fourth in a series of Seven Strate- gic Sealift ships constructed by the ship- yards division of Avondale Industries was christened Mendonca at the compa- ny's New Orleans, La. headquarters.

The ship's namesake recognizes U.S.

Army and Medal of Honor recipient

Sergeant LeRoy A. Mendonca. A native of Hawaii, Mendonca was noted for his gallantry and heroism in going above the call of duty during enemy attack near Chich-on Korea, on July 4, 1951.

Mendonca is a welcome addition to

Avondale's Bob Hope Class Sealift

Ships used for the quick deployment of military equipment and supplies to U.S. troops throughout the world. Two more sealift ships, Fisher and Seay are sched- uled for delivery later this year.

The 950 ft. (289.5 m), medium-speed,

RoRo sealifts are among the Navy's largest. With a displacement of 62,069 tons and 65,160-shp, the vessels can cruise at speeds in excess of 24 knots.

Circle 46 on Reader Service Card

Main Particulars

Flag U.S.

Length 950 ft. (289.5 m)

Beam 105 ft. (32 m)

Draft 34 ft. (10.3 m)

Speed 24 knots

Endurance 13,000NM

Stowage area Enclosed 300,000 sq./ft.

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