page_title: HSC High Speed Jet
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: HSC High Speed Jet / History
caption_attribution_description: British English: HSC HoverSpeed Great Britain at Dover in 1992. Holder of the Hales Trophy for the fastest eastbound Transatlantic crossing. Information about the vessel may be found at IMO 8900000.A ship can change name and flag state through time, but the IMO number remains the same through the hull's entire lifetime. As a result, it can be useful to identify a ship by using the IMO number. Scanned from a Fujichrome 35mm slide.
context_page_description: HSC High Speed Jet is a 74 m ocean-going catamaran built in 1990 by Incat for Hoverspeed and currently owned by Seajets. In 1990, as Hoverspeed Great Britain, she took the Hales Trophy for the fastest eastbound transatlantic journey, making the run, without passengers, in three days, seven hours and fifty-four minutes, averaging 36.6 knots.
context_section_description: The ship's previous names were: Hoverspeed Great Britain (1990–2004), Emeraude GB (2004–2005), and Speedrunner 1 (2005–2008, when she sailed the Mediterranean Sea for Sea Containers and Aegean Speed Lines.) Sea Runner (2008–2011) and Cosmos Jet (2011–2015, when she first began operating for Seajets).
  She entered service on the Portsmouth to Cherbourgh route on 12 July 1990 operating three round trips per day. HSC Hoverspeed Great Britain was replaced on the cross-channel route by MDV 1200 class ferries Superseacat One and Superseacat Two.
caption: HSC HoverSpeed Great Britain at Dover in 1992
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