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词条 MV Dublin Swift
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Ship image=Westpac Express HSV-4676.jpgShip caption=Westpac Express moored pier side, date unknown location is Henderson, Rockingham, Western Australia.

To conduct its load/discharge, the HSV backs into the pier, ties up to the pilings, and lowers its stern ramp. Dublin Swift is currently the only HSC with an axial stern ramp, which affords it greater loading and unloading capacity.


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  • 2018-present Dublin Swift
Ship owner=*2001-2018 Austal Hull 130 Chartering, LLC, Mobile, Alabama
  • 2018-present Irish Continental Group
Ship operator=*2001-2018 - United States Marine Corps
  • 2018-present - Irish Ferries
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  • {{MMSI Number|369323000}}
  • Callsign: WDB5285
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  • {{convert|33|kn|lk=in}} (warranted)
Ship range=*1,240 nmi @ 33 kn (laden)
  • 2,182 nmi @ 20 kn (laden)
  • 2,927 nmi @ 20 kn (ballast)
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  • 970
  • Cargo capacity:
  • 20,698 square feet: RORO designed for roll on/roll off service (typical loads - 153 HUMMWVs or 12 AAVPs and 20 LAVs)
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  • 13 civilian
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HSC Dublin Swift is a high-speed catamaran built in 2001 by Austal Ltd. of Henderson, Western Australia as a Maritime Prepositioning ship. The vessel was charted to the United States Marine Corps Military Sealift Command (MSC), until January 2018 as Westpac Express.

Irish Continental Group bought the ship in 2016. After the end of its military charter in 2018 it is being converted for civilian use as a passenger ferry under the name Dublin Swift.

History

In 2002, the ship provided logistics support during "Exercise Cobra Gold 2002" joint exercise with the Thai and Singaporean armed forces.

Austal Hull 130 Chartering was awarded a $13,395,944 firm-fixed-priced contract commencing in February 2007, with four one-year additional options to September 2011.

With a design based on the Westpac Express, Austal USA won the bidding for the Joint High Speed Vessel in November 2008 and will build one ship with an option for nine more. The new vessel will have an increased top speed of at least 35 and up to 45 kn and up to ten ships will eventually be used by the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps and the United States Coast Guard.[1]

In March 2011, the Westpac Express was deployed as part of the US response to the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.[2] In recognition of this service MSC Admiral Buzby presented the ship’s crew with United States Merchant Marine Medals for Outstanding Achievement at a ceremony on board the ship in Yokohama, Japan.[3]

In December 2011, the Westpac Express was re-chartered with the United States Navy’s Military Sealift Command.[3][4]

The contract was renewed in October 2014 for operational support of the III Marine Expeditionary Force in the Far East, until the end of 2017.[5]

In April 2016 Westpac Express was sold to Irish Continental Group for €13.25 million, who continued to contract it out to Military Sealift Command until the end of 2017.[6]

In January 2018, with its charter to the US Navy completed, it was announced that the Westpac Express would replace the HSC Jonathan Swift as a commercial passenger ferry on Irish Ferries' Holyhead to Dublin route.[7]

On the afternoon of 14 January 2018, Westpac Express arrived in Northern Ireland drydocking at Belfast's Harland & Wolff shipyard for refurbishment and conversion to civilian use.[8]

Gallery

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See also

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  • Independence class littoral combat ship
  • Spearhead class Joint High Speed Vessel
  • Alakai & Huakai, (Ex. Hawaii Superferries, renamed USNS Puerto Rico & USNS Guam)
  • {{ship|USAV|Spearhead|TSV-X1}}, (operated by U.S. Army)

References

1. ^Jane's Defence Weekly, 2008-11-19, p. 5
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=98402|title=Navy.mil - View Image|website=www.navy.mil}}
3. ^1 http://www.defpro.com/news/details/30947/?SID=70dabe1b4a47e34dcfef8924d4bebe5c{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/12/defense-marines-keeping-okinawa-high-speed-ferry-122211/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=22 December 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113120121/http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/12/defense-marines-keeping-okinawa-high-speed-ferry-122211 |archivedate=13 January 2012 }}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/maritime-antisub/1756-2004-boxing-day-tsunami-support-vessel-completes-16-year-charter|title=Westpac Express completes 16 year charter|publisher=defenceconnect.com.au|accessdate=30 January 2018}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/icg-takes-delivery-of-high-speed-craft-westpac-express-1.2669940|title=ICG takes delivery of Westpac Express|publisher=irishtimestimes.com|accessdate=1 January 2018}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/icg1/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=500&newsid=971844|title=Irish Continental Group plc : Sale of Jonathan Swift|website=otp.investis.com|access-date=31 January 2018}}
8. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.niferry.co.uk/hw-visitors-westpac-express-austal-130/|title=H&W visitors: WESTPAC EXPRESS (Austal #130) - NI Ferry Site ~ www.niferry.co.uk ~|date=13 January 2018|work=NI Ferry Site ~ www.niferry.co.uk ~|access-date=2 February 2018|language=en-GB}}
  • {{cite web|title=HSV-4676 Westpac Express|work=Service Ship Photo Archive|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/77/774676.htm|accessdate=21 June 2007}}
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