HSC One World Karadeniz
Stena Explorer berthing in Dún Laoghaire | |
| History | |
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| Owner |
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| Port of registry |
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| Builder | Finnyards, Finland |
| Cost | £65,000,000 |
| Yard number | 404 |
| Laid down | June 1994 |
| Launched | May 1995 |
| Completed | February 1996 |
| In service | April 1996 – September 2014 |
| Identification | IMO number: 9080194 |
| Status | Sold to firm in Turkey for static use as offices, power generator and research projects. Moored, at Yalova, Turkey. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | HSS 1500 |
| Developed by | Stena Rederi AB |
| Tonnage | 19,638 GT |
| Length | 126.6 m (415 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 40.0 m (131 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 4 × KaMeWa Type S waterjets |
| Speed | 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph) |
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One World Karadeniz (previously Stena Explorer) is a former high-speed ferry that operated on Stena Line's Holyhead–Dún Laoghaire service between Great Britain and Ireland until 2014. It is a member of the HSS 1500 class of high-speed ferries introduced and developed by Stena Line from 1996 onwards. The HSS 1500-class vessels became the largest catamarans in service in the world.
In 2015 the ferry was owned by Karadeniz Holding to be used as a floating office, research space and alternative power generator in Karmarine shipyard in Yalova near Istanbul, Turkey, as part of the Powerships project from the company that owned the vessel. However, in 2016 the vessel was on sale for as low as 6.5 million dollars.