Hydrofoil passenger ferry “Açores” at Hongkong United Dockyard's Tsing Yi Yard, mid-October 1980
Registered owner: Ravener Enterprises Ltd., Hong Kong
Operator: Far East Hydrofoil Co. Ltd., Hong Kong (Shun Tak)
Builder: Boeing Marine Systems, Seattle
Gross tonnage: 332
Length overall: 30.10 m
Draft: 2.60 m
Propulsion: 2 x Rolls Royce Allison Model 501-KF gas turbines, 7,560 s.h.p., by General Motors-Detroit Diesel Alison, Indianapolis; 2 x Rockwell R10-0002-501 waterjet propulsion units
Speed: max. 45 knots
Completed February 1977 as “Jet de Oriente” for Turismo Margarita, Colombia
Renamed (& sold?) “Jet Caribe II” 1978
Sold November 1980 to Ravener
Following a merger, came under the operation of TurboJet in July 1999
Sold (date?) to Miraejet Co., Busan, South Korea, renamed “Kobee II” & later “Kobee III”
Out of service 2015