''Stena Adventurer'' is a large roll-on/roll-off passenger (

ro-pax Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, Trailer (vehicle), trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their o ...

) ferry operated by

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 u ...

on its

Holyhead Holyhead (,; cy, Caergybi , "Cybi's fort") is the largest town and a community in the county of Isle of Anglesey, Wales, with a population of 13,659 at the 2011 census. Holyhead is on Holy Island, bounded by the Irish Sea to the north, and i ...

–

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...

route. She was launched in 2002 and entered service between Holyhead and Dublin the following year. ''Stena Adventurer'' is one of two ships operated by

on the Holyhead - Dublin route. The second vessel, ''Stena Estrid'', entered service in 2019, replacing the ''Stena Superfast X''. Her former high-speed running mate, ''Stena Explorer'', operated the now-defunct Holyhead -

Dún Laoghaire Dún Laoghaire ( , ) is a suburban coastal town in Dublin in Ireland. It is the administrative centre of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. The town was built following the 1816 legislation that allowed the building of a major port to serve Dubli ...

route until 2015. ''Stena Adventurer'' has served on the

Irish Sea The Irish Sea or , gv, Y Keayn Yernagh, sco, Erse Sie, gd, Muir Èireann , Ulster-Scots: ''Airish Sea'', cy, Môr Iwerddon . is an extensive body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is linked to the C ...

route from Holyhead - Dublin with numerous previous ferries, the first, Stena Seatrader. The Stena Seatrader was then replaced by the Stena Nordica. In 2015 the Stena Nordica was replaced by the Stena Superfast X.

Sister ship

''Stena Adventurer'' is the second of two identical ships built by

Hyundai Heavy Industries Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI; ) is the world's largest shipbuilding company and a major heavy equipment manufacturer. Its headquarters are in Ulsan, South Korea. History HHI was founded in 1972 by Chung Ju-yung as a division of th ...

, for Stena Line. Her sister ship is ''Stena Scandinavica'' which operates on

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland ...

route.

On board

''Stena Adventurer'' has two decks reserved for normal passenger vehicles and freight trailers. An additional vehicle deck can be seen from the outside of deck eight of the passenger accommodation, which is primarily used for hazardous goods vehicles. Her passenger accommodation comprises three decks.

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Ferries of the Republic of Ireland Ferries of Wales 2002 ships Adventurer 2003 Ships built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Group {{Ireland-maritime-stub