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Sealion 2000

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Name
  
Sealion 2000

Homeport
  
Port Adelaide

Launched
  
1998

Builders
  
Tenix, Fremantle

Namesake
  
Sea lion

Type
  
Catamaran

Length
  
49 m

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Owner
  
Kangaroo Island SeaLink

Identification
  
IMO number 9202819 MMSI number 503608000

Spirit of kangaroo island vehicle ferry seen from sealion 2000


Sealion 2000 is a vehicular ferry operated by Kangaroo Island SeaLink on the 18 kilometre Cape Jervis to Penneshaw route across Backstairs Passage along with the Spirit of Kangaroo Island. These two ferries provide the main form of transport to Kangaroo Island operating up to 10 trips daily.

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It was built in 1998 by Tenix, Fremantle. In 2013 it returned to Fremantle for an overhaul that included its engines being replaced.

View of sealion 2000 from spirit of kangaroo island


References

Sealion 2000 Wikipedia