MS Stena Seafarer

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Stena Seafarer in Belfast Lough
History
Name
  • 1975-1980: Union Melbourne
  • 1980-1980: Union Trader
  • 1980-1988: Puma
  • 1998-2004: European Seafarer
  • 2004 onwards: Stena Seafarer
  • 2011: onwards ANT 2
Operator
Port of registry
BuilderJ.J. Sietas, Hamburg, Germany
Launched3 March 1975
Identification IMO number:  7361594 [1]
FateScrapped 2014
General characteristics
Tonnage10,957 GT [1]
Length140.81 m (462 ft 0 in) [1]
Beam19.41 m (63 ft 8 in) [1]
Draught5.80 m (19 ft 0 in) [1]
Installed power2 x Deutz SBV 12M 540 [1]
Propulsion

MS Stena Seafarer was a ro-ro ferry that operated on the service between Larne, Northern Ireland and Fleetwood, England.

She was built in 1975 for Stena Line as Union Melbourne, before being renamed Union Trader in 1980. In the same year, the ship was acquired by P&O Irish Sea, becoming Puma, then European Seafarer in 1998. [2] In 2004 Stena Line the vessel transferred from P&O Irish Sea to Stena Line. [3] In 2004 the ship was renamed to Stena Seafarer. [2]

Following Stena Line's announcement in late 2010 that they were to close the Larne to Fleetwood service in the following year the ship was sold to Anship and renamed Ant 2. She was scrapped at Aliaga in 2014. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 DNV Exchange "Stena Seafarer" Archived 2011-08-15 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 26 March 2011
  2. 1 2 Koefoed-Hansen, Michael (2010). "M/F Stena Seafarer". The ferry site. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  3. McDonald, Gary (24 February 2005). "P&O makes record hauls on Irish Sea". The Irish News Online. The Irish News . Retrieved 23 January 2010.[ dead link ]
  4. "Stena Seafarer (7361594)" . Miramar Ship Index . Retrieved 28 June 2020.