As of 2026-07-08, HSV-2 Swift tops the list with 90 km/h.
- #1 HSV-2 Swift — 90 km/h
hybrid catamaran built in 2003
HSV-2 Swift is a hybrid catamaran. She was privately owned and operated by Sealift Inc., and was originally built under the JHSV program as a proof of concept. As part of this program, she was directly leased for evaluation from her builders by the United States Navy Military Sealift Command from 2003 to 2013, primarily as a mine countermeasures and sea basing test platform. Later during her official naval career she was mostly used for fleet support and humanitarian partnership missions. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 HSC Eurochampion Jet 2 — 89 km/h
Greek-owned Ropax ferry
HSC Eurochampion Jet 2 is an Incat-built, ocean-going catamaran. It is one of the world's fastest car carrying passenger vessels and, as Cat-Link V, set the eastbound record for the fastest transatlantic journey. In 1998/1999, the ship sailed as Cat-Link V on the Århus-Kalundborg route in Denmark—then operated by Scandlines. From 1999 to 2005 it sailed as Mads Mols for Mols-linien. From 2005 to 2006 it was renamed Incat 049 by T&T Ferries in Trinidad and Tobago. In 2006 it was renamed Master... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 IMO 9500493 — 81 km/h
catamaran ferry built in 2009
source Wikidata - #4 IMO 9206712 — 70 km/h
catamaran ro/ro ferry
source Wikidata - #5 Adler Cat — 68 km/h
ro-ro/passenger ship built in 1999
source Wikidata - #6 Eagle Jet 2 — 67 km/h
Catamaran ferry built in 1997
source Wikidata - #7 Antonija — 65 km/h
Catamaran ferry of Croatia
source Wikidata - #8 Halunder Jet — 65 km/h
catamaran ferry built in 2018
source Wikidata - #9 Manta — 63 km/h
small research vessel of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RV Manta is an American research vessel that is in service with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as the primary maritime vessel of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 USNS Guam — 61 km/h
United States Navy high-speed transport vessel
USNS Guam (T-HST-1), formerly Hawaii Superferry's Huakai, is a United States Navy high-speed transport vessel. The ship was completed in September 2008 and was intended to start Hawaiian service in May 2009, though delivery postponements saw that planned service canceled. In the Hawaiian language, huakaʻi means "journey". Read more on Wikipedia.
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