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Operator on record: 1998–2002: Superfast Ferries
Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file
Largest in this registry
#20,596
of 84,014 with a recorded tonnage
Largest unclassified
#11,665
of 49,696 of this type with a recorded tonnage
Fleet rank
—
No operator attributed to this ship
In brief
Spirit of Tasmania II is a roll-on/roll-off ferry operated by Spirit of Tasmania between Geelong and Devonport in Australia. Built in 1998 by Kvaerner Masa-Yards at Turku New Shipyard in Finland for Superfast Ferries as Superfast III, since 2002 she has sailed for Spirit of Tasmania as Spirit of Tasmania II.
Vessel particulars
Every value is as recorded in the source. Blanks are values the source does not hold — none is estimated from a sister ship or a class average.
Identification
Construction
Measurements
In context
Every figure in this section is a count, a rank or a percentile over vessels actually held in this registry — not over the world fleet, which is larger. Nothing here is estimated.
At 29,067 gross tons, Spirit of Tasmania II is the 20,596th largest of the 84,014 vessels in this registry that report a tonnage. The median across that set is 5,994 GT, so this hull is about 4.8 times the typical vessel on record here. The largest measures 499,167 GT.
Among the 58,086 vessels this registry holds no type classification for held here, it ranks 11,665th by tonnage — larger than 77% of that group. Their median tonnage is 5,358 GT, and the largest tenth begin at 54,309 GT. The flag most often flown by this group is Panama (5,698 ships). The yard that appears most often against it is HD Hyundai Mipo, with 615 hulls on record.
Australia is the country of registry for 466 vessels in this directory, of which Spirit of Tasmania II is the 22nd largest by tonnage. The most common class under that flag is vessels this registry holds no type classification for (351 ships), and the median vessel measures 439 GT. Browse every ship flagged Australia.
Narrowing to both dimensions at once, this registry holds 351 vessels this registry holds no type classification for flying the Australia flag, of which 6 are larger by tonnage.
Spirit of Tasmania II was built in 1998, making it 28 years old. It is one of 1,367 hulls in this registry delivered that year, a cohort whose median tonnage is 7,381 GT; within it this ship is the 259th largest. Across the whole of the 1990s the registry holds 12,006 vessels, median 4,956 GT. The median build year across the entire registry is 1995.
The registry attributes 46 vessels to Kvaerner Masa-Yards, with a median tonnage of 70,367 GT, delivered between 1990 and 2004. See the rest of that yard’s output.
At 193.0 m overall, Spirit of Tasmania II is 78.0 m longer than the 115.0 m median for vessels this registry holds no type classification for on record, with a beam of 25.0 m and a draft of 6.5 m.
IMO numbers are issued in broadly chronological blocks. Within 500 either side of 9158434 this registry holds 64 other vessels, whose median build year is 1998 and which range from 1996 to 2005. That places this hull’s registration in the same part of the series, consistent with its recorded build year of 1998.
Its IMO number, 9158434, carries its own check digit. The first six digits are weighted seven down to two and summed — 9×7 + 1×6 + 5×5 + 8×4 + 4×3 + 3×2 = 144 — and the last digit of that total, 4, must equal the seventh digit, 4. It does, so this number is well formed.
Nearest by tonnage among vessels this registry holds no type classification for
| Ship | Built | Gross tonnage |
|---|---|---|
| Jose Alencar | 2013 | 29,077 |
| Sergio Buarque De Holanda | 2012 | 29,077 |
| Malyovitsa | 2020 | 29,076 |
| Spirit of Tasmania II (this ship) | 1998 | 29,067 |
| Forever Cordiality (ship, 2021) | 2021 | 29,063 |
| Aspendos Seaways | 2005 | 29,060 |
Same yard, same years
No ship class is recorded for this vessel, so these are not asserted to be sister ships — they are contemporaries from the same builder, shown because that is what the data supports.

Voyager of the Seas
1999 · 138,194 GT · The Bahamas
Al Hamra
1997 · 116,703 GT · Liberia
Umm Al Ashtan
1997 · 116,703 GT · Liberia

Enchantment of the Seas
1997 · 82,910 GT · Norway

Carnival Elation
1998 · 71,909 GT · Panama
Carnival Paradise
1998 · 70,367 GT · Panama

Jotun A
1999 · 65,420 GT · Norway

Spirit of Tasmania I
1998 · 29,067 GT · Australia
Provenance
Vessel recordWikidata, released under CC0, keyed on this ship’s IMO number.
Written summaryQuoted from MS Spirit of Tasmania II on English Wikipedia, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
PhotographBy Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, reused under CC BY-SA 3.0.
| Acx Diamond |
| 2008 |
| 29,060 |