HSC Tallink AutoExpress 2

	Tallink AutoExpress 2 at quay 8 in Port of Tallinn on June 21, 2007.
History
Name	1997–2001: Boomerang; 2001–2018: Tallink AutoExpress 2;
Owner	2009–2018: Conferry
Operator	1997–2001: Polferries; 2001–2007: Tallink; 2007–2018: Conferry;
Port of registry	1997–2001: Nassau, Bahamas; 2001–2007: Tallinn, Estonia; 2007–2008: Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; 2008–2009: Limassol, Cyprus; 2009–2018: Pampatar, Venezuela[1];
Builder	Austal, Henderson, Western Australia
Yard number	53
Launched	1 March 1997
Completed	1997
Acquired	May 1997
Maiden voyage	1997
In service	1997
Out of service	2018
Identification	Call sign YYKT; IMO number: 9150286; MMSI number: 775504000;
Fate	Sank and later scrapped
General characteristics [2]
Tonnage	5,419 GT
Length	82.3 m (270 ft 0 in)
Beam	23.0 m (75 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Installed power	4 x MTU 20V 1163 TB73 diesel engines
Propulsion	4 x Kamewa waterjets
Speed	38 knots (service speed)
Capacity	700 passengers; 175 cars;

The HSC Tallink AutoExpress 2 was a fast passenger ferry (catamaran) operated by the Venezuelan ferry company Conferry on the line between Puerto la Cruz and Punta de Piedras, Margarita Island. She sank in 2018 and later she was scrapped.

History

HSC Boomerang was built in 1997 by Austal in Australia and owned by Sea Tropid Co. Ltd. (Polferries). The vessel is of the AutoExpress 82-type designed by Austal. In 2001 the ship was bought by Tallink and renamed Tallink AutoExpress 2, operating between Tallinn, Estonia, and Helsinki, Finland. On October 12, 2007, the ship collided with HSC SuperSeaCat Three in Tallinn Harbour, resulting a meter-long hole in the ship's side. No passengers were harmed in the incident. After that, the vessel was chartered to Conferry, a ferry operator in Venezuela.[3] On November 3, the vessel arrived at the premises of Curaçao Drydock, after being delivered by Redwise. It was bought by Conferry in 2009. On August 6, 2018 it has partially sunk due to a lack of proper maintenance, abandoned in the port of Guanta, Venezuela.[4] It was no longer operational from about 2017 due to lack of funds caused by economic crisis in Venezuela.

References

Tallink Autoexpress 2
Boomerang Austal
"Chartering of fast ferry Tallink Autoexpress 2". News. Tallink Grupp. GlobeNewswire. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
Torkin, Nikolay (7 August 2018). "Ferry sank in Venezuela". Maritime Bulletin. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

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[1] Tallink Autoexpress 2

[2] Boomerang Austal

[3] "Chartering of fast ferry Tallink Autoexpress 2". News. Tallink Grupp. GlobeNewswire. 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

[4] Torkin, Nikolay (7 August 2018). "Ferry sank in Venezuela". Maritime Bulletin. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2021.