IOMSPC Viking
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Viking is the name given to two Isle of Man Steam Packet Company's ships, the first in 1907 and the second was a renaming of the 1997 built Superseacat 2 in 2008.
Superseacat 2 / Viking (2)
HSC SuperSeaCat Two first entered services between Dover and Calais for IOM Steam Packet owners Sea Containers subsidiary Hoverspeed in 1997 before moving to the Irish Sea in 1998 primarily for service between Liverpool and Dublin but also for Isle of Man Steam Packet services between Liverpool and Douglas.
The vessel returned to Hoverspeed in 1999 to reopen the Newhaven-Dieppe route which had been closed by P&O Stena Line earlier that year. Her place on the Irish Sea was taken by her sister, SuperSeaCat Three.
In 2000, she once again sailed on the Irish Sea, this time between Heysham and Belfast but again returned to Hoverspeed this time for service between Dover and Calais or Ostend operating alongside 2 of her 3 sisters. After spending some time laid up in Portsmouth she returned to service on the Newhaven-Dieppe run before being chartered to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, which had by then been sold by Sea Containers.
In 2008 the vessel returned to Isle of Man duties in her new 'traditional' Steam Packet livery and renamed Viking.
Viking was replaced on Isle of Man routes by the arrival of Manannan in May 2009.
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Categories: Transport | Ships | Maritime
