Spirit of Kangaroo Island

History
Australia
Name	Spirit of Kangaroo Island
Namesake	Kangaroo Island
Owner	Kangaroo Island SeaLink
Builder	Austal, Fremantle
Yard number	117
Launched	2003
Homeport	Port Adelaide
Identification	IMO number:  9289893 MMSI number: 503466000 Callsign: VHS6181
Nickname(s)	SPOKI
General characteristics
Type	Catamaran
Length	50.6 m [1]
Beam	17.8 m
Draught	2.5m
Ramps	1 rear ramp
Installed power	2 x Caterpillar 3512 (1119 kW)
Propulsion	2 x Electric Bow Thrusters
Speed	17.8 knots
Capacity	243 passengers and 53 cars
Crew	6

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

She was built in 2003 by Austal, Fremantle. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Our Ferries Archived 9 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Kangaroo Island SeaLink
2. Austal adds Australian vehicle passenger ferry to order book Archived 7 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine Austral 7 March 2003
3. Austral's Firsts for Sealink Archived 25 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine Austral 26 March 2004