Engineering:HSC Adnan Menderes

Short description: High-speed catamaran owned by IDO

Adnan Menderes in Bandırma
History
Name	Adnan Menderes (1998–present)
Owner	İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri (İDO)
Operator	İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri (İDO)
Port of registry	İstanbul, Turkey
Route	Yenikapı – Yalova Yenikapı – Bursa Yenikapı – Bandırma
Ordered	1997
Builder	Austal Ships Henderson, Australia
Yard number	63
Laid down	21 July 1997
Launched	11 April 1998
Completed	June 1998
Acquired	June 1998
Maiden voyage	1998
In service	1998
Identification	IMO number: 9179933 Call sign: TCJO MMSI number: 271000538
Status	Laid up
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General characteristics
Class & type	Austal Auto Express 86
Tonnage	4,859 GT 455 DWT
Length	86.60 m (284 ft 1 in)
Beam	24.00 m (78 ft 9 in)
Draft	3.20 m (10 ft 6 in)
Depth	7.30 m (23 ft 11 in)
Decks	2
Ramps	Rear loading ramp
Installed power	4 × MTU 20V 1163 TB73L diesel engines (total 26,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Kamewa waterjets
Speed	37.0 knots (68.5 km/h; 42.6 mph) (service) 42.0 knots (77.8 km/h; 48.3 mph) (max)
Capacity	800 passengers 200 cars
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Adnan Menderes is an 86-metre (282 ft) high-speed passenger and vehicle catamaran ferry operated by the Turkish ferry operator İstanbul Deniz Otobüsleri (İDO). Built in Australia by Austal Ships in 1998 as part of their Auto Express 86 series, she was named after former Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes. The vessel has spent her entire operational career crossing the Sea of Marmara, connecting Istanbul with ports such as Yenikapı, Yalova, and Bursa.

Service

The catamaran, the first of a series of seven sister units, was launched on 11 April 1998 at the Austal specialist shipyard in Balamban with the name Adnan Menderes and delivered on 6 June to the Turkish İDO, for which it began service on the routes between Yenikapı and Bandırma, in the Sea of ​​Marmara, where it was joined by its sister ship Turgut Özal a few months later. Over the years, the catamaran has continued to regularly serve the route, which it still operates today.

Sister ships

• Highspeed 3
• Cecilia Payne
• Carmen Ernestina
• WorldChampion Jet
• Lilia Concepción
• Virgen de Coromoto