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Skane Jet pictured as Fjord Cat in Hirtshals
History
Name	Cat-Link V (1997-1999) Mads Mols (1999-2005) Incat 049 (2005-2006) Master Cat (2006-2008) Fjordcat (2008-2020) Skane Jet (2020-present)
Operator	Cat Link (1998-1999) Mols-Linien (1999-2005) Laid up (2005-2006) Master Ferries (2006-2008) Fjord Line (2008-2020) FRS (2020-present)
Builder	Incat, Tasmania, Australia
Yard number	049
Launched	14 June 1998
Homeport	Hirtshals,  Denmark (2007-2020) Limassol,  Cyprus (2020-present)
Identification	IMO number: 9176060
Status	Laid up
General characteristics
Tonnage	5,619 GT
Length	91.30 meters
Beam	26.0 meters
Draught	3.70 meters
Installed power	4 × Ruston V20RK 270 (28800kW total)
Propulsion	4 × KaMeWa 112F11 waterjets
Speed	41 knots (76 km/h; 47 mph) service speed 48 knots (89 km/h; 55 mph) maximum speed
Capacity	900 passengers 240 cars

HSC Skane Jet is an Incat-built, ocean-going catamaran. It is one of the world's fastest car carrying passenger vessels and, as Cat-Link V, set the eastbound record for the fastest transatlantic journey. In 1998/1999, the ship sailed as Cat-Link V on the Århus-Kalundborg route in Denmark—then operated by Scandlines. From 1999 to 2005 it sailed as Mads Mols for Mols-linien. From 2005 to 2006 it was renamed Incat 049 by T&T Ferries in Trinidad and Tobago. In 2006 it was renamed Master Cat and has since been operating on the route between Kristiansand in Norway and Hanstholm in Denmark, later changed to Hirtshals, in the service of "Master Ferries". This company was merged with Fjord Line on 1 January 2008 and the ferry was renamed Fjord Cat.

The ship has been renamed "Skane Jet" as part of its relocation for the Königslinie route between Sassnitz and Ystad for FRS. This route started service in late September 2020.

Sister ships

• HSC Express – P&O Irish Sea
• HSC Max
• HSC INCAT 046

References

1. Boarding.no Archived 2008-04-08 at the Wayback Machine, 3 December 2007 visited 27 November 2008 (in Norwegian)
2. Details of the new Ferry Route between Sassnitz and Ystad, taken from the FRS website
3. Neue Schweden-Fähre geht auf Rügen in Betrieb, local news report for the service start September 2020 (in German)
4. "BORNHOLMSLINJENs færger". BORNHOLMSLINJEN (in Danish). Retrieved 21 February 2021.

External links

• DNV.com, Vessel registry info
• Incat.com, photo gallery and information from builder
• Record at ferry-site.dk

• Ships built by Incat
• Blue Riband holders
• Ferries of Norway
• Incat high-speed craft
• 1998 ships
• Merchant ships of Norway