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passenger seating lounges, as well as an outside observation deck that ran the width of the ship at the stern. The passenger seating lounges had overhead television monitors which played movies or television broadcasts, as well as a continuously updated map showing the vessel's GPS coordinates. A smaller secondary passenger deck was located one deck up and has a bar immediately aft of the wheelhouse.
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Ferries by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago's Ministry of Works and Transport in 2006. She maintained the official registered name of
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127:Australia
58:INCAT 046
1303:Manannan
1278:Max Mols
1175:Jaume II
1157:Mega Jet
979:Bungaree
972:Pemulwuy
719:Max Mols
662:The Lynx
652:between
638:The Lynx
592:Yarmouth
569:Yarmouth
513:Tasmania
505:Victoria
422:and HSC
420:Max Mols
385:The Lynx
336:Capacity
173:Homeport
149:Launched
123:Tasmania
64:Operator
1317:Alboran
1150:Fares 2
1143:Jaume I
1006:K-Class
707:Express
613:The Cat
585:The Cat
544:The Cat
523:–
481:TT-Line
436:-grade
416:Express
379:The Cat
297:loading
282:Draught
255:Tonnage
197:9172076
195::
115:Builder
71:TT-Line
33:History
768:5 June
575:, and
441:alloys
434:marine
293:Stern
266:Length
213:: 9YGM
1207:Akane
875:Incat
581:Maine
368:ferry
319:knots
314:Speed
295:Ro-Ro
290:Ramps
228:Notes
119:Incat
107:Route
47:Spain
1473:112m
1455:111m
1437:110m
1419:109m
799:2015
770:2021
656:and
628:, a
611:HSC
555:The
542:for
475:HSC
445:hull
402:HSC
361:HSC
351:Crew
274:Beam
245:Type
220:Fate
54:Name
1401:99m
1348:98m
1295:96m
1256:91m
1217:86m
1199:85m
1167:81m
1135:78m
1061:74m
487:'s
410:in
317:43
233:DnV
136:046
1520::
789:.
778:^
760:.
746:^
687:.
579:,
571:,
531:.
511:,
503:,
499:,
394:.
382:,
376:,
354:22
260:GT
204::
179:,
125:,
121:,
867:e
860:t
853:v
801:.
772:.
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