
| INCAT 047 |
| 12th May 1997 | Laid Down |
| 24th April 1998 | Launched |
| 16th May 1998 | Delivered to Buquebus SA, Montevideo, Uruguay. Registered Las Palmas, Spain |
| 25th May 1998 | Departed Australia for New York |
| 6th June 1998 | Departed New York for Ceuta via England. Awarded the Blue Ribbon Trophy following a crossing time of 3 days, 9 hours and 55 minutes with an average speed of 36.65kts |
| 20th June 1998 | Named hsc Catalonia and entered service between Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca |
| hsc Catalonia |
| 12th May 1997 | Laid Down |
| 1st October 1998 | Entered service between Ceuta and Algeciras via Malaga |
| April 2000 | Chartered to P&O European Ferries, Nassau, Bahamas and renamed hsc Portsmouth Express |
| hsc Portsmouth Express |
| 16th April 2000 | Entered service between Portsmouth and Cherbourg |
| October 2000 | Service and charter suspended for Winter |
| 14th March 2001 | Chartered to P&O European Ferries, Nassau, Bahamas and entered service between Portsmouth and Cherbourg |
| 6th November 2001 | Service and charter suspended for Winter |
| March 2002 | Chartered to P&O European Ferries, Nassau, Bahamas and entered service between Portsmouth and Cherbourg |
| 1st October 2002 | Service and charter suspended for Winter |
| 1st October 2002 | Renamed hsc Catalonia |
| hsc Catalonia |
| 11th April 2003 | Marketing name applied "Express" and chartered to P&O European Ferries, Nassau, Bahamas and entered service between Portsmouth and Cherbourg |
| 30th September 2003 | Service and charter suspended for Winter |
| November 2003 | Renamed hsc Express |
| hsc Express |
| April 2004 | Marketing name applied "Cherbourg Express" and chartered to P&O European Ferries, Nassau, Bahamas and entered service between Portsmouth and Cherbourg |
| October 2004 | Service suspended for winter and laid up at Birkenhead |
| March 2005 | Charted to P&O Irish Ferries, marketing name dropped |
| 13th March 2005 | Departed Birkenhead for Larne, via Liverpool and Douglas |
| 16th March 2005 | Entered service between Cairnryan and Larne |
| 2nd June to 23rd June 2005 | Operated extra sailings at night on charter to the Isle of Man Steam Packet between Larne and Douglas |
| October 2005 | Service suspended for winter |
| 15th March 2006 | Entered service between Cairnryan and Larne |
| 2nd October 2006 | Service suspended for winter |
| 16th March 2007 | Entered service between Cairnryan/Troon and Larne |
| 29th May 2007 to 11th June 2007 | Operated extra sailings at night on charter to the Isle of Man Steam Packet between Larne and Douglas |
| 10th October 2007 | Service suspended for winter |
| 15th March 2008 | Entered service between Cairnryan/Troon and Larne |
| 13th October 2008 | Service suspended for winter |