HSS Discovery was a high-speed ferry owned by Albamar Shipping Company.
It is a member of the HSS 1500 class of high-speed ferries built for and designed by Stena Line from 1996 onwards.
A specially designed linkspan provides ropeless mooring and allows quick loading, unloading and servicing.
The vessel was laid up at Belfast between January 2007 and September 2009, before departing for La Guaira, Venezuela under the ownership of Albamar Shipping Company.
[8] It was subject to a criminal investigation shortly afterwards regarding irregulatory trade of diesel from the ballast tanks.