MS Stena Seafarer
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MS ''Stena Seafarer'' was a ro-ro
ferry A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...
that operated on the service between
Larne Larne (, , the name of a Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic territory) is a town on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, with a population of 18,755 at the United Kingdom census, 2011, 2011 Census. It is a major passenger and freight Roll-on/ro ...
, 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. In 2004
Stena Line Stena Line is a Swedish shipping line company and one of the largest ferry operators in the world. It services Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Sweden. Stena Line is a major unit of Ste ...
the vessel transferred from P&O Irish Sea to
Stena Line Stena Line is a Swedish shipping line company and one of the largest ferry operators in the world. It services Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Sweden. Stena Line is a major unit of Ste ...
. In 2004 the ship was renamed to ''Stena Seafarer''. 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.


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