Lilau
hydrofoil
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Lilau
- IMO number
- 8332332
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- hydrofoil
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 23.9 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1979
- Builder
- —
- Registered owner
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- Operator
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Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Lilau
HMS Speedy (P296) was a Boeing Jetfoil, latterly a mine countermeasure vessel, of the Royal Navy, based on the civilian Boeing 929 design. She was procured in 1979, as the first of a planned class of twelve, to provide the Royal Navy with practical experience in the operation of a hydrofoil, to ascertain technical and performance characteristics, and to oversee the capability of such a craft in the Fishery Protection Squadron and North Sea Squadron. She was assigned to these squadrons in September 1981. In 1982, she was used in minesweeping and minelaying trials at Portsmouth, but these were unsuccessful and she was sold into mercantile service in 1986. The ship served as a high speed ferry between Hong Kong and Macau, under the name Lilau and operated by Far East Hydrofoil (now TurboJET) since then.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Lilau now?
- Lilau has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Lilau?
- Lilau is a hydrofoil, built in 1979. The vessel is 23.9 m long.
- Has Lilau been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Lilau appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).