ELITE JET (ΕΛΙΤ ΤΖΕΤ)
-Sea Jets
Built in 1996 (age 29). Registered in Limassol. Current line: None (under refit in Salamina)
The high speed ferry ELITE JET was built in 1996 in Australia, as the STENA LYNX III for the Swedish giants Stena Line. She spent her debut season on the Calais-Dover line on the Channel, while in 1997 she operated on the Dieppe-Newhaven line. In 1998 she operated in cooperation with the company P&O Ferries, under the P&O Stena Line brandname, and she was renamed ELITE. Later in that same year she was renamed P&O STENA ELITE, before being once again renamed STENA LYNX III just a few months later, and being deployed on the Fishguard-Rosslare line on the Irish Sea. In 2003 she was briefly renamed ELITE once again, before being once more renamed STENA LYNX III in 2004, and operating under the Stena Express brandname. She remained with Stena Line until 2011, when she was sold to the South Korean company Dae-A Express Shipping, for whom she was renamed SUNFLOWER 2. Upon her arrival in South Korea in 2012, she was transferred to the South Korean company Jang Heung Ferry and she was renamed ORANGE 1. She was deployed on the Jangheung-Jeju line on the Jeju Strait. In 2016 she returned to Dae-A Express Shipping as the OCEAN FLOWER 2, and she was inserted on the Busan-Tsushima line, thus connecting South Korea with Japan via the Tsushima Strait. In 2017 she was sold to the Trinidadian company Bridgemans Trinidad LP, and she was then leased to the Trinidadian state-owned company Trinidad and Tobago Inter-Island Ferry Service. She was due to operate on the Port of Spain-Scarborough line on the Caribbean Sea, but disagreements with Bridgemans Trinidad LP prevented her from operating, and she was instead laid-up for two years in Willemstad. In late 2019 she was sold to the Greek company Sea Jets, and she was renamed RAPIDLINK JET. She was refitted in Salamina and in Chalkida for four years, and she was renamed ELITE JET in 2023, when she finally entered service on the Heraklion-Rethymnon-Santorini line. In 2025 she remained laid-up in Salamina.
PHOTOS (2024):
The ELITE JET seen outside of Piraeus while undergoing sea trials on the Saronic Gulf (5/2024).
The ELITE JET seen outside of Piraeus while undergoing sea trials on the Saronic Gulf (5/2024).
The ELITE JET seen outside of Piraeus while undergoing sea trials on the Saronic Gulf (5/2024).
The ELITE JET seen having returned to Piraeus following her sea trials on the Saronic Gulf, after which she headed back to Salamina (5/2024).
The ELITE JET seen having returned to Piraeus following her sea trials on the Saronic Gulf, after which she headed back to Salamina (5/2024).
The ELITE JET seen having returned to Piraeus following her sea trials on the Saronic Gulf, after which she headed back to Salamina (5/2024).
The ELITE JET seen in Piraeus following her sea trials on the Saronic Gulf, after which she headed back to Salamina (5/2024).
The ELITE JET seen in Piraeus following her sea trials on the Saronic Gulf, after which she headed back to Salamina (5/2024).
The ELITE JET seen in Piraeus following her sea trials on the Saronic Gulf, after which she headed back to Salamina (5/2024).
The ELITE JET seen in Piraeus following her sea trials on the Saronic Gulf, after which she headed back to Salamina in order to continue her refit, and she then resumed her service on the Heraklion-Rethymnon-Santorini line (5/2024).