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{{Short description|Fast catamaran ferry}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{ref improve|date=January 2025}}
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|Ship caption=HSC ''Champion Jet 1'' docked at [[Heraklion]]}}
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|Ship name=*1997: ''Hull 044''
*1997-2015: ''Condor Vitesse''
*2015-present: '''''Champion Jet 1'''''
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|Ship owner=*1997-2002: Soverign Business Finance Ltd<ref>{{cite web|title=HSC Champion Jet 1 (ex Condor Vitesse, Incat 044) - Past and Present|url=https://www.doverferryphotosforums.co.uk/hsc-condor-vitesse-incat-044-past-and-present/|access-date=5 May 2025|publisher=Dover Ferry Photos}}</ref>
*2002-2014: [[Condor Ferries]]
*2015-present: [[Seajets]]
|Ship operator=*1998-1999: [[Condor Ferries]]
*1999-2000: [[Tranz Rail]]
*2000-2014: [[Condor Ferries]]
*2015-2018: [[Seajets]]
*2018-2020: [[Naviera Armas]] Chartered
*2020-present: [[Seajets]]
|Ship registry=[[Limassol, Cyprus]], {{flag|Cyprus|civil}}
|Ship builder=[[Incat]], [[Tasmania]], Australia
|Ship yard number=044
|Ship route= *'''[[Pireaus]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Milos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Pireaus]]'''
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|Ship laid down=1 November 1996
|Ship launched=7 May 1997
|Ship completed=1997
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|Ship identification= {{IMO Number|9151008}}
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|Ship tonnage=5,007 gt
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|Ship beam={{convert|26|m|ft|1|abbr=on}}
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|Ship power=4x [[Ruston (engine builder)|Ruston]] 20RK270
|Ship propulsion=4x Lips LJ145D waterjet
|Ship speed=up to {{convert|40|kn}}
|Ship capacity=*741 passengers
*200 vehicles
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'''HSC ''Champion Jet 1''''' is a [[catamaran]] [[ferry]] operated by [[Seajets]]. It was previously owned by [[Condor Ferries]] and named ''Condor Vitesse''.

==History==
[[File:020610-078 CPS.jpg|thumb|HSC ''Condor Vitesse'' approaching [[Poole Harbour]]]]
''Champion Jet 1'' was built in 1997 by [[Incat]], in [[Hobart]], Australia as ''Incat 044'' as a speculative order. She was sent to Europe and arrived in July 1997 at [[Portland Harbour|Portland]] and was later moved to [[Århus]], [[Denmark]]. By moving the vessel to Europe, Incat hoped that she would attract a buyer.  In late 1997 [[Condor Ferries]] announced it would again run services from [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]] in 1998. The service was to operate to [[Guernsey]] and [[St Malo]] using the ''[[HSC Hanil Blue Narae|Condor 10]]'' but in March 1998 Condor Ferries announced it would charter the ''Incat 044'' and rename her ''Condor Vitesse'' for the new service. The charter had the option to purchase which was later taken up.

She operated in 1998 at a reduced passenger capacity of 500 passengers and 90 cars in order to provide space to transfer passengers from the ''[[HSC Champion Jet 2|Condor Express]]'' [[Poole harbour|Poole]]-[[Channel Islands]] service should the need arise. ''Condor Express'' had suffered a number of mechanical problems during her first year in service in 1997 and also during 1998, these problems meant that the ''Condor Vitesse'' had to move to the Poole-Channel Islands service a number of times during that year. From December 1999 until April 20002 ''Condor Vitesse'' was chartered to [[Tranz Rail]] for the [[Interislander]] service and carried the marketing name of ''The Lynx''.<ref>Condor Vitesse ''[[Ships Monthly]]'' August 2014 pages 33-35</ref> She returned to Europe for the summer to continue operating for Condor Ferries.

In 2001, Condor Ferries and [[Brittany Ferries]] entered into an agreement to run a Poole-[[Cherbourg]] fastcraft service. ''Condor Vitesse'' was chosen for this service, possibly because of her [[French language|French]] sounding name, and she began sailing on the route in May 2001 as well as operating for Condor Ferries in the afternoon between Poole and St Malo calling at one of the Channel Islands on the way. The fastcraft service was great success carrying double what was predicted. The summer operation pattern was a morning round trip between Poole and Cherbourg then an afternoon round trip to St Malo. In 2003 her livery was modified with the application of the new Condor Ferries and Brittany Ferries logos, it was altered again in 2007 when three flags were painted on the ship's side forward of the bridge. The flags are those of [[Jersey]], Guernsey and St Malo.

On 14 January 2015, it was announced that she would be sold to Greek firm [[Seajets]] with her sister-ship ''[[HSC Champion Jet 2|Condor Express]]'', owing to her replacement by ''[[HSC Condor Liberation|Condor Liberation]]''.<ref>Catamarans to go as trimaran fits outs ''Ships Monthly'' April 2015 page 11</ref> She was delivered to her new owner in late-February 2015, and renamed ''HSC Champion Jet 1''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Condor Ferries sells Express and Vitesse to Greek firm |work=[[BBC News]]|date=14 January 2015 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-30795559 |accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref>

===Incidents===
''Condor Vitesse'' was holed after colliding with the jetty in St Malo on 22 March 2008.

On 28 March 2011, she was involved in a collision with a fishing boat near the [[Minquiers]] whilst en route from St Malo in foggy conditions. A French fisherman died in the collision. Shortly after the incident, the fisherman was identified as Phillippe Claude Lesaulnier, aged 42.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisjersey.com/2011/03/28/ferry-collides-with-fishing-boat/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915080448/http://www.thisisjersey.com/2011/03/28/ferry-collides-with-fishing-boat/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=15 September 2012|title=Man dies after ferry collision|publisher=thisisjersey.com|accessdate=29 March 2011|date=28 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisjersey.com/2011/03/29/police-investigate-condor-collision/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912195316/http://www.thisisjersey.com/2011/03/29/police-investigate-condor-collision/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=12 September 2012|title=Police investigate Condor collision|publisher=thisisjersey.com|accessdate=29 March 2011|date=29 March 2011}}</ref> A report into the collision was published in October 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beamer-france.org/BanqueDocument/pdf_289.pdf|title=Collision Between the High Speed Craft Passenger Ferry Condor Vitesse and the Potter Les Marquises|publisher=[[Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer]]|accessdate=29 July 2012|date=October 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820091906/http://www.beamer-france.org/BanqueDocument/pdf_289.pdf|archivedate=20 August 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==''Condor Vitesse'' in Brittany Ferries marketing==
Brittany Ferries used a variety of marketing names for the vessel in its publicity and ticketing.  The ship has been advertised as ''Brittany Ferries Condor Vitesse'' and ''Vitesse''.  From 2005 she was referred to as ''Normandie Vitesse'' except in the Brittany Ferries information leaflet for the ship which referred to her as ''Vitesse''.

''Condor Vitesse'' carried small Brittany Ferries branding on both sides towards the stern.  In Brittany Ferries publicity, the positioning of the Condor and Brittany branding was either reversed, or the Condor branding was removed altogether. ''Condor Vitesse'' was the first vessel to carry the current [[Brittany Ferries]] logo.

==Regular routes==

'''2025:'''

June 06th - 

*'''[[Pireaus]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Milos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Pireaus]]''' (Double run on Fridays & Sundays 06-22 June)

June 05th 

*'''[[Pireaus]]-[[Syros]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Ios]]-[[Santorini]]-[[Ios]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Syros]]-[[Tinos]]-[[Pireaus]]'''

May 30th 

*'''[[Piraeus]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Milos]]-[[Folegandros]]-[[Thira]]-[[Milos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Piraeus]]'''

April 30th - May 16th

*'''[[Pireaus]]-[[Syros]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Ios]]-[[Santorini]]-[[Ios]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Syros]]-[[Pireaus]]'''

April 4th - 29th

*'''[[Pireaus]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Milos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Pireaus]]''' 



'''2024:'''

Oct 2024

*'''[[Pireaus]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Milos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Pireaus]]'''

Sept 2024

*'''[[Pireaus]]-[[Syros]]-[[Tinos]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Paros]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Paros]]-[[Pireaus]]'''

June - Sept. 2024

*'''[[Thira]]-[[Paros]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Syros]]-[[Pireaus]]-[[Syros]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Paros]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Thira]]''' (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday)
*'''[[Thira]]-[[Ios]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Syros]]-[[Pireaus]]-[[Syros]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Paros]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Thira]]''' (Tuesday, Friday, Sunday)

June 2024

*'''[[Pireaus]]-[[Paros]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Thira]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Paros]]-[[Pireaus]]'''

May - June 2024

*'''[[Thira]]-[[Paros]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Syros]]-[[Pireaus]]-[[Syros]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Paros]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Thira]]''' (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday)
*'''[[Thira]]-[[Ios]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Syros]]-[[Pireaus]]-[[Syros]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Paros]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Thira]]''' (Tuesday, Friday, Sunday)

Apr - May 2024

*'''[[Pireaus]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Milos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Pireaus]]'''


'''2023:'''

Oct 2023

*'''[[Pireaus]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Milos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Pireaus]]'''
*'''[[Pireaus]]-[[Rhodes]]-[[Limassol]] '''

Sept 2023 - Oct 2023

*'''[[Naxos]]-[[Paros]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Tinos]]-[[Andros]]-[[Rafina]]-[[Andros]]-[[Tinos]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Paros]]-[[Naxos]]'''

June 2023 - Sept 2023

*'''[[Pireaus]]-[[Paros]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Tinos]]-[[Andros]]-[[Rafina]]-[[Andros]]-[[Tinos]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Paros]]-[[Pireaus]]'''

May 2023 - June 2023

*'''[[Pireaus]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Paros]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Paros]]-[[Pireaus]]'''

Apr 2023 - May 2023

*'''[[Pireaus]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Milos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Pireaus]]''' (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday)

*'''[[Pireaus]]-[[Syros]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Santorini]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Syros]]-[[Pireaus]]''' (Tuesday, Friday & Sunday)

'''2022:'''

Oct 2022

*'''[[Pireaus]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Milos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Pireaus]]'''

July 2022 - Sept 2022

*'''[[Thessaloniki]]-[[Lemnos]]-[[Mytilini]]-[[Lemnos]]-[[Thessaloniki]]''' (Tuesdays)

June 2022 - Sept 2022

*'''[[Thessaloniki]]-[[Skiathos]]-[[Skopelos]]-[[Alonnisos]]-[[Mantoudi]]-[[Alonnisos]]-[[Skopelos]]-[[Skiathos]]-[[Thessaloniki]]''' (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday)

Apr 2022 - June 2022

*'''[[Pireaus]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Milos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Pireaus]]''' (Daily)

'''2021:'''

Oct 2021

*'''[[Pireaus]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Milos]]-[[Sifnos]]-[[Serifos]]-[[Pireaus]]'''

From Sept 2021 - Oct 2021

*'''[[Heraklion]]-[[santorini]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Mykonos]]-[[Paros]]-[[Naxos]]-[[Ios]]-[[Santorini]]-[[Heraklion]]'''

route from July 2021 - Sept 2021

*'''[[Thessaloniki]]-[[Skiathos]]-[[Skopelos]]-[[Alonnisos]]-[[Mantoudi]]-[[Alonnisos]]-[[Skopelos]]-[[Skiathos]]-[[Thessaloniki]]'''
(Mondays, Wednesdays, Friday, Saturday & Sunday)


*'''[[Poole]]-[[Cherbourg]]''' mid-May to late September/early October 2001 - ''2015''
*'''[[Poole]]-[[Guernsey]]/[[Jersey]]-[[St Malo]]''' mid-May to late September/early October 2001 - ''2015''
*'''[[Poole]]/[[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]]-[[Channel Islands]]''' (some services continuing to '''[[St Malo]])''' ''rest of the year''

==Sister ships==
*[[HSC Champion Jet 2|''Champion Jet 2'']]
*[[HSC Champion Jet 3|''Champion Jet 3'']]
*[[HSC Tarifa Jet|''Tarifa Jet'']]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commonscat|IMO 9151008}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140316015706/http://www.incat.com.au/domino/incat/incatweb.nsf/0/6C78F98A3288F274CA2571AF0019D679?OpenDocument 86 Metre Wave Piercing Catamaran] [[Incat]]
*[https://www.marinews.eu/gallery/high-speed-vessels/champion-jet-1/ Gallery Aero Photo - Champion Jet1]

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