MS Stena Germanica (2001)

Career
Name:	2001-2010: Stena Hollandica 2010: Stena Germanica III 2010 onwards: Stena Germanica
Operator:	Stena Line
Port of registry:	2001-2010: Hoek Van Holland.  Netherlands 2010 onwards: Göteborg,  Sweden
Route:	Gothenburg-Kiel
Builder:	Astilleros Españoles, Spain
Identification:	IMO number: 9145176[1]
Status:	In service
General characteristics after 2010 rebuild
Class and type:	Seapacer
Tonnage:	51,837 GT[2]
Length:	240 m (787 ft 5 in)[2]
Beam:	29 m (95 ft 2 in)[2]
Draught:	6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)[2]
Installed power:	4 x Sulzer 8ZAL40S diesel engines[2]
Propulsion:	2 x Controllable pitch propellers 3 x Bow thrusters
Speed:	21.5 knots[2]
Capacity:	1300 passengers 300 cars[2]

Stena Germanica is a large cruiseferry operated by Stena Line between Gothenburg and Kiel. Between 2001 and 2010, as Stena Hollandica she operated on the Harwich to Hook of Holland service.

History

Stena Germanica was built by Astilleros Españoles shipyard in Puerto Real, Spain. She entered service between Harwich and Hook of Holland on 9 March 2001 as Stena Hollandica.

In January 2007, the high speed ferry Stena Discovery was withdrawn from service. To accommodate the extra traffic the Stena Hollandica was sent to the Lloyd Werft yard in Bremerhaven in March 2007 for lengthening. The vessel was cut in two vertically and a 52 metre section was inserted, Making this the biggest enlargement ever made to a RoPax vessel.^[3]

In May 2010, Stena Hollandica was replaced on the Harwich - Hook Van Holland route by the first of two 62,000 ton superferries. Stena Hollandica underwent an extensive refit at the Remontowa shipyard in Gdańsk, re-entering service in August 2010 on the Gothenburg - Kiel route as Stena Germanica III. She was renamed Stena Germanica a month later.

Sister ships

Stena Germanica is the last of four Seapacer class ships built by Astilleros Españoles for Stena Line. The first two vessels, Finnclipper and Finneagle were built in 1998 and chartered to Finnish ferry operator Finnlines. The next two vessels, Stena Britannica and Stena Hollandica were built in 2000 and operated by Stena Line themselves.

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