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{{short description|Isle of Wight passenger catamaran ferry}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}
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|Ship country= United Kingdom
|Ship flag=[[File:Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|60px]]
|Ship name=MV ''Red Jet 6''
|Ship operator= [[File:Red Funnel flag.svg|border|20px]] [[Red Funnel]]
|Ship ordered= 2015
|Ship builder= [[Shemara Refit LLP]]
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|Ship launched= May 2016
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|Ship in service= July 2016
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|Ship identification= *{{IMO Number|9788083}}
*{{MMSI Number|235117926}}
*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: 2JPU3
|Ship status=In service
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|Ship class= [[Catamaran|Catamaran ferry]]
|Ship tonnage= {{GT|363}}
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|Ship length= {{convert|41.12|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam= {{convert|10.87|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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|Ship draught= {{convert|1.30|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion= 4 x MTU 10V 2000 M72 (1200hp ea) driving MJP500 water jets
|Ship speed= *Max {{convert|42|kn|lk=in}}
*Service {{convert|38|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship capacity= 275
|Ship crew=max 4
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'''MV ''Red Jet 6''''' is a high-speed [[Catamaran]] ferry constructed for [[Red Funnel]] in [[East Cowes]] on the [[Isle of Wight]] as the sixth member of the company's expansive ''Red Jet'' line of catamarans.

Red Funnel announced in May 2015 that they had placed an order for the £6 million vessel with [[Shemara Refit LLP]] of East Cowes, making ''Red Jet 6'' the first high-speed ferry built in the UK in fifteen years. Red Jet 6 was constructed in East Cowes's former aircraft hangar, originally built for the [[Saunders-Roe]] aircraft company. She entered service in the summer of 2016.<ref name="iwcp">{{cite web | url=http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/news/red-funnel-reveals-plan-for-red-jet-6-to-be-built-on-the-isle-of-wight-83027.aspx | title=Red Funnel reveals plan for Red Jet 6 — to be built on the Isle of Wight | publisher=Isle of Wight County Press Online | date=27 May 2015 | accessdate=30 August 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529194433/http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/news/red-funnel-reveals-plan-for-red-jet-6-to-be-built-on-the-isle-of-wight-83027.aspx | url-status=dead | archivedate=29 May 2015}}</ref>

''Red Jet 6'' is {{convert|41.12|m|ftin}} long, with a passenger capacity of 275. She is powered by four [[MTU Friedrichshafen|MTU]] series 2000 diesel engines, each powering a [[pump-jet|waterjet]] for propulsion and steering giving  a service speed of {{convert|38|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}}, allowing a crossing time of 23 minutes. She can operate with one engine out with only a minor reduction in speed.<ref name="iwcp"/><ref name="MarineLink">{{cite web|title=Red Funnel Catamaran Powered by MTU Engines|url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/catamaran-powered-engines412092.aspx|website=MarineLink.com|date=July 2016 |accessdate=4 July 2016}}</ref>

''Red Jet 6'' was named by the [[Princess Royal]] at a ceremony at East Cowes on 4 July 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Royal naming for new Red Jet 6 passenger ferry|work=BBC News |date=4 July 2016 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-36701470|accessdate=4 July 2016}}</ref>

On 29 June 2017, ''Red Jet 6'' set a new record for the circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight by multihulls, starting and finishing at the [[Royal Yacht Squadron]] starting line at [[Cowes]], taking 1hr, 17mins, 17secs at an average speed of {{convert|39.42|kn}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Red Funnel's Red Jet 6 sets Isle of Wight round-the-island record|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/15384694.Ferry_sets_round_the_island_record/|website=The Daily Echo|date=2 July 2017 |accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
*''[[Red Jet 3]]''
*''[[Red Jet 4]]''
*''[[Red Jet 5]]''
*''[[Red Jet 7]]''

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn3L-iNc4-o Red Jet 6 Construction time lapse at East Cowes]

{{Red Funnel}}

[[Category:Ferries]]
[[Category:Individual catamarans]]
[[Category:Ferry transport on the Isle of Wight]]
[[Category:Ships of Red Funnel]]
[[Category:2016 ships]]


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