Manannan 9176072_DSC1440
Manannan 9176072
HSC Manannan is a 96-metre wave-piercing high-speed catamaran car ferry built in
Tasmania in 1998. She served in Australia and New Zealand for five years and is now owned and operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company providing seasonal service between Douglas and Liverpool. But between 2001 and 2006 she served a more lethal role under the code name HSV-X1.
It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by D. Michael Abrashoff
Related Book: It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy
by D. Michael Abrashoff
In 2003, Joint Venture was assigned to Operation Enduring Freedom in the Horn of Africa. She operated as a fast transport in support of the Combined Joint Task Force and performed a variety of tasks transporting and supplying troops at high speed over long distances. She also operated a mobile command centre, working close inshore, and operating as a helicopter carrier.
At the end of the five year charter, she was handed back to Incat in early 2006 and has since been replaced by the U.S. Navy’s JHSV-1 . She underwent a refit and was painted in the livery of Express Ferries.
Here is a great video of her in Haze Grey operating for the USN
Manannan is currently the largest vessel of its kind on the Irish Sea. In summer season, she operates daily sailings from Douglas to Liverpool, and weekly/twice weekly sailings to Belfast and Dublin. In the winter she is laid up in Liverpool and goes on reserve until the summer season.
Manannan 9176072_DSC1440
Manannan 9176072
HSC Manannan is a 96-metre wave-piercing high-speed catamaran car ferry built in
Tasmania in 1998. She served in Australia and New Zealand for five years and is now owned and operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company providing seasonal service between Douglas and Liverpool. But between 2001 and 2006 she served a more lethal role under the code name HSV-X1.
It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by D. Michael Abrashoff
Related Book: It’s Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy
by D. Michael Abrashoff
In 2003, Joint Venture was assigned to Operation Enduring Freedom in the Horn of Africa. She operated as a fast transport in support of the Combined Joint Task Force and performed a variety of tasks transporting and supplying troops at high speed over long distances. She also operated a mobile command centre, working close inshore, and operating as a helicopter carrier.
At the end of the five year charter, she was handed back to Incat in early 2006 and has since been replaced by the U.S. Navy’s JHSV-1 . She underwent a refit and was painted in the livery of Express Ferries.
Here is a great video of her in Haze Grey operating for the USN
Manannan is currently the largest vessel of its kind on the Irish Sea. In summer season, she operates daily sailings from Douglas to Liverpool, and weekly/twice weekly sailings to Belfast and Dublin. In the winter she is laid up in Liverpool and goes on reserve until the summer season.