en>David Eppstein: /* References */ Vladimir L. Popov

2013-11-17T20:11:44Z

New page

{{redirect3|Fast Ferry|For the class of passenger vessels, see [[Passenger-Only Fast Ferry Class ferry]]. For the Rochester, NY Fast Ferry, see [[Spirit of Ontario I]] and [[Bay Ferries Great Lakes]]}}

[[Image:SpeedOne (1).JPG|thumb|right|150px|[[SpeedFerries]] [[HSC Condor Rapide|SpeedOne]] - a high-speed wavepiercer catamaran]]
[[Image:Tanger Jet II portside.jpg|thumb|right|150px|FRS [[HSC Tanger Jet II|Tanger Jet II]] - a high-speed catamaran by [[Austal Ships]]]]
[[Image:Pescara Faehre 01.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Pescara Jet'' - a high-speed catamaran by [[SNAV]]]]
[[Image:Tarifa Jet Bow.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[HSC Tarifa Jet|Tarifa Jet]] - a high-speed wavepiercer catamaran by [[Incat]]]]

A '''high-speed craft''' (HSC) is a high speed water [[Ship|vessel]] for civilian use, also called a '''fastcraft''' or '''fast ferry'''.
The first high-speed craft were often [[hydrofoil]]s or [[hovercraft]], but in the 1990s [[catamaran]] and even [[monohull]] designs have become popular.
Most high-speed craft serve as passenger [[ferry|ferries]], but the largest catamarans and monohulls also carry cars and even buses and freight (e.g. Stena's HSS).
Hulled designs are often powered by [[Pump-jet|pump-jets]] coupled to medium speed diesel engines. Hovercraft are usually powered by gas turbines or diesel engines driving propellors and impellors.

The design and safety of high-speed craft is regulated by the High Speed Craft Codes of 1994 and 2000, adopted by the [[Maritime Safety Committee]] of the [[International Maritime Organisation]] (IMO).

In accordance with SOLAS Chapter X Reg. 1.3, ''High Speed Crafts'' are crafts capable of a maximum speed, in metres per second (m/s), equal to or exceeding:

<math>3.7 \times \triangledown^{0.1667}</math>

where: <math>\triangledown</math> = volume of displacement in cubic metres corresponding to the design waterline, excluding craft of which the hull is supported clear above the water surface in non-displacement mode by aerodynamic forces generated by ground effect.

== HSC Examples ==
* [[HSC Benchijigua Express]] world´s largest civilian [[trimaran]].
* [[Fincantieri]] MDV1200 [[Super SeaCat]]
* [[PacifiCat Series]]
* [[Auto Express 86]]
* [[Passenger-Only Fast Ferry Class ferry]]
* [[Meteor (hydrofoil)]]
* [[High-speed Sea Service]], [[Finnyards]] HSS 1500 and [[Westamarin]] HSS 900 developed and operated by [[Stena Line]]
* [[Hawaii Superferry]]
* [[Lake Express]] (Lake Michigan)
* [[Leonora Christina (ship)|Leonora Christina]]
* [[HSC Silvia Ana L]]
* [[Tanger Jet II]]
* [[Tarifa Jet]]
* [[HSV-2 Swift]]
* [[HMAS Jervis Bay (AKR 45)]]
* [[SSTH Ocean Arrow]]
* [[Villum Clausen (ship)|Villum Clausen]]
* [[HSC Jonathan Swift]]

== See also ==
* [[List of HSC ferry routes|List of high-speed craft ferry routes]]
* [[BGV]]

== External links ==
[[File:Villum Clausen 2, Ystad.jpg|thumb|right|150px|HSC [[Villum Clausen]] - [[BornholmerFærgen]]]]
* [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2004/20040302.htm The Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2004]
[[Category:Ferry classes]]
[[Category:High-speed craft| ]] 

{{ship-type-stub}}

Cubic form - Revision history

en>David Eppstein: /* References */ Vladimir L. Popov