HSC FastCat Shanklin

HSC FastCat Shanklin is a high speed catamaran ferry which operated between the Isle of Wight and mainland England.

The re-paint occurred in Portsmouth Harbour and shortly afterwards the ferry departed for Swansea.

On 29 January 2010 the ship arrived in the Bristol Channel and visited Ilfracombe before heading to Swansea Docks.

[6] However the proposed ferry service failed to start as stated by Severn Link at Easter 2010.

[8] In May 2011, having been sold to Alien Shipping, a Russian company, the two craft were transported to the Black Sea on board the Beluga Fantasy.