The vessel depict on this stamp is the hydrofoil CONDOR 5 built under yard No 191 by Cantieri Navali L.Rodriguez, Messina, Italy for the Condor Ltd., Weymouth U.K.
Launched under the name CONDOR 5.
Tonnage 129 gt., displacement 95 tons, dim. 30.95 x 3.50 (12.6 over the floats) x 3.5m. (draught, under full speed 1.5m.)
Powered by 2 MTU 12V 493 Ty71 diesel engine, 2.700 hp., speed 33 knots.
Accommodation for 180 passengers.
1976 Delivered to Condor Ltd., and used in the service between St Malmo, Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, and Alderney
Later sold to Greece and renamed IPTAMENOS HERMES III.
1994 Sold to Hermes Dolphin Shipping Co., Piraeus, Greece.
1998 Renamed in SANTORINI DOLPHIN.
November 2004 scrapped at Perama, Greece.
Guernsey 1981 18p sg242.
Source: http://www.faktaomfartyg.com/condor_5_1976.htm. Watercraft Philately CD.