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                                    History

 Building contract
 Keel laid
29/7/2000Launch and named to HSC Incat Tasmania
8/2000Delivered to Incat Chartering
8-9/2000Charter to Australian Trade Commission for Olympic Games
11/2000Charter to Tranz Rail . New name The Lynx
10/12/2000Wellington – Picton route Interisland Line service.
16/7/2003Laid up Hobart
1/2005Charter to Brittany Ferries . New name Normandie Express
15/3/2005Quistreham/Caen – Portsmouth  and Cherbourg – Portsmouth routes
11/2005-3/2006Refurbished and laid up at Dunkerque
2/2006France flag
3/2006Quistreham – Portsmouth  and Cherbourg – Portsmouth routes
5/3/2007Sold to Brittany Ferries
4/2010Problems with one main engine
29/3-9/2013Portsmouth – Cherbourg and Portsmouth – Le Havre routes
  
  Laid up due to Covid
 4/2021Drydocking. New name Condor Voyager, operated Condor Ferries.