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FLYINGCAT 4 (ΦΛΑΪΝΓΚ ΚΑΤ 4)

-Hellenic Seaways

Built in 1999 (age 25). Registered in Piraeus. Current line: Piraeus-Poros-Hydra-Ermioni-Spetses-Porto Cheli

The high speed catamaran FLYINGCAT 4 was built in 1999 in the United Kingdom, being delivered as the SEA SPEED 1 to the Greek company Agapitos Lines in order to operate on the Cyclades, namely on the Piraeus-Syros-Tinos-Mykonos-Paros-Naxos line. However, due to technical problems, she did not enter service for the company, and she remained laid-up in Piraeus for the entire 1999 season. Later during that same year, Agapitos Lines was taken over by Minoan Flying Dolphins. She was renamed FLYINGCAT 4 in 2000 and she was deployed on the Piraeus-Kythnos-Andros-Syros-Tinos-Mykonos-Paros-Naxos-Ios-Santorini line. She then operated on the Agios Konstantinos-Skiathos-Skopelos-Alonissos-Thessaloniki line on the Sporades from 2001 to 2003, where she was subsequently replaced by her fleetmate, namely the FLYINGCAT 3, in 2004. Minoan Flying Dolphins had been renamed Hellas Flying Dolphins in 2002, and was then rebranded as Hellenic Seaways in 2005. From late 2003 to 2012, the FLYINGCAT 4 was deployed on the Heraklion-Santorini-Ios-Naxos-Paros-Mykonos line. When her fleetmate, namely the HIGHSPEED 5 (later the HIGHSPEED 7 and now the OLYMPIC CHAMPION JET of Sea Jets), was introduced on that service in 2013, the FLYINGCAT 4 operated on the Rafina-Tinos-Mykonos-Paros-Naxos-Koufonisi-Amorgos line. In 2014 she was deployed on the Rafina-Tinos-Mykonos-Paros-Naxos-Irakleia-Schoinousa line, while in 2015 she was assigned on the Rafina-Tinos-Mykonos-Paros-Naxos-Ios-Santorini line. She grounded off in Tinos that summer, but she did not have any damage. In 2016, she returned to the Sporades for the first time since 2003, as she was deployed on the same line that she had previously served, namely the Agios Konstantinos-Skiathos-Skopelos-Alonissos-Thessaloniki line. In 2017 she operated exclusively on the Thessaloniki-Skiathos-Skopelos-Alonissos line. A year later, in 2018, she returned to the Cyclades and in Rafina, being deployed on the Rafina-Tinos-Mykonos-Naxos-Ios-Sikinos-Folegandros line. That same summer she collided with the pier of the port of Rafina following an engine failure, but she was immediately repaired and she returned to service. In 2019, she was deployed on the Saronic Gulf for the first time, serving the Piraeus-Poros-Hydra-Ermioni-Spetses-Porto Cheli line. 

 

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