SEALINK-HOLYHEAD
Justin Merrigan
Jonathan Swift
Irish Ferries entered the high speed era with the DUBLINSwift service in 1999. Built at a cost of IR£29mn, the Jonathan Swift's speed of 39 knots reduced the crossing time from Dublin City to Holyhead to just one hour 49 minutes.
Jonathan Swift
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Austal Ships, Henderson, Western Australia.
1999.
9188881
395 tonnes
3.3m
Germanischer Lloyd
100 A5, HSC-B, OC 3
86.6m
24.4m
7.9m
800 passengers
200 cars
Bow and stern
The craft, which offers space for 800 passengers and 200 cars, arrrived in Dublin after a 23-day voyage from Western Australia on 5 May 1999. Under the command of Captains Tony Canavan, Steve Hutson and Paul Devaney and with a complement of twenty crew, her route home was via the Indian Ocean, Suez canal, Mediterranean and through the Bay of Biscay with stops along the way for refuelling.