Stena Scandinavica in Kiel |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | 1983-1986: Stena Germanica[1] 1986-2011: Stena Scandinavica 2011 onwards: Stena Spirit |
| Operator: | Stena Line |
| Port of registry: | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Builder: | Stocznia im Lenina, Gdansk |
| Yard number: | B494/2 |
| Launched: | 1983 |
| Completed: | 1988 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 7907661 |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics (as built)[1] | |
| Tonnage: | 39,178 GRT |
| Length: | 175.37 m (575.4 ft) |
| Beam: | 30.80 m (101.0 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.75 m (22.1 ft) |
| Installed power: | 4 x Zgoda-Sulzer 16ZV49/48 diesels |
| Propulsion: | 2 x controllable pitch propellers 2 x bow thrusters |
| Speed: | 21.5 knots (40 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 1,700 passengers 569 cars |
Stena Spirit is a large cruiseferry owned by Stena Line. She entered service in 1988 as Stena Scandinavica and after a major refit in Gothenburg is now in service between Karlskrona and Gdynia.
Stena Scandinavica was the second of four ferries ordered in 1980 by Stena Line for Scandinavian routes.[2] She was launched in 1983 as Stena Germanica, but problems at the construction yard delayed her completion until 1988 when she entered service on the Gothenburg - Kiel route, joining her sister Stena Germanica (now Stena Vision). The remaining two hulls were planned to be Stena Polonica (completed for ANEK Lines as El Venizelos[3]) and Stena Baltica (now Regent Sky; lengthened by over 50 m, but still not completed[4]).
In April 2011 Stena Scandinavia was replaced on the Kiel - Gothenburg route by a new Stena Scandinavica. Following a major refit she was renamed Stena Spirit and entered service between Karlskrona and Gdynia.