MV Transfer
ex Stena Transfer, Ideway, European Tideway, Doric Ferry, Hellas, Alpha Progress, Stena Runner
Steel twin screw ‘Stena Searunner Class’motor vessel built in 1977 by Hyundai Shipbuilders & Heavy Industries, Ulsan, South Korea (Yard No 643) as a Passenger/RoRo Cargo ship
Technical Data
- Length: 151.01 – 184.61m (overall) 137.01 – 170.59 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 21.67 – 25.28 m
- Depth: 14.66 m.
- Draught: 7.27 – 6.37 m
- Tonnage: 5724 – 6455 – 9583 – 8596/2692 – 3248 – 4316 – 4264 net/8672 – 8704 – 8672t deadweight
- Engines: Two Pielstick 12 -cylinder 12PC2-5V-400 V-diesels
- Power: 11475 kW/15600 bhp
- Speed: 15 knots (service) 17 knots (max)
- Capacity: Passengers 12/144 Freight Units: 163, Cars 280
- Call Sign: H2EI
- IMO Number: 7528570
- Official Number: 377438
- Port of Registry: London/UK 🇬🇧, Piraeus/Greece 🇬🇷, Limassol/Cyprus 🇨🇾, London/UK 🇬🇧, Riga/Latvia 🇱🇻, Panama 🇵🇦
- Sister-Ships:
1977; Merzario Ausonia, Stena Freighter, Jolly Giallo, Jolly Turchese, Stena Freighter, Global Freighter (642)
1977; Elk, Tor Baltica, Balticum (645)
1978; Stena Prosper, Atlantic Prosper, Merzario Ionia, Stena Ionia, Stena Gothica, Bore Gothica, Finnbirch (646)
1978; Tor Felicia, Merzario Grecia,Tor Grecia, Stena Grecia, Atlanic Freighter, Pelagitis (647)
History
July 15th 1977: Launched for Stena Container Line Ltd, London, England.
November 4th 1977: Delivered to Stena Line Ltd, London, England.
November 1977: Various charters.
Alpha Progress – © Cees De Bijl
1978: Chartered to Arghiris Line, Greece and renamed ALPHA PROGRESS.
Alpha Progress – © Simonwp (14/05/1979)
June 1st 1979 – July 1st 1979: Chartered to Tor Line.
March 25th 1979 – May 31st 1979: Rebuilt at Hapag Lloyd Werft GmbH, Bremerhaven, with extra passenger accommodation and weather deck. Side-sponsons added.
1979: Transferred to Samos Pearl Shipping Co, Piraeus, Greece (Hellas Ferries Co Ltd Managers) and renamed HELLAS.
Hellas – © Yvon Perchoc
1979: Commenced service for Hellas Ferries between Volos – Tartous.
January 14th 1982 – February 17th 1982: Lengthened at Hapag Lloyd Werft G.m.b.H, Bremerhaven, Germany together with the addition of 64 new beds.
February 1982: Services between Volos – Tartous.
May 1982: Chartered to Townsend Thoresen European Ferries, Dover, England for services between Europoort – Felixstowe.
1984: Transferred to Capulet Navigation Ltd, Limassol, Cyprus (Stena Line Managers).
January 14th 1986: Laid up in Le Havre.
1986: Transferred to Lombard Charter Hire Ltd, London, England. (Atlantic Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Townsend Thoresen managers) and renamed DORIC FERRY.
1986: Chartered to Townsend Thoresen European Ferries, London, England.
Doric Ferry – © Simonwp (left) and © Brian Fisher (right)
October 22nd 1987: Charter taken over by P&O European Ferries, Felixstowe, England.
Doric Ferry
Doric Ferry – © Simonwp
Doric Ferry – © Brian Fisher
January 1992: Renamed EUROPEAN TIDEWAY.
April 1994: Sold to P&O European Ferries, Felixstowe, England.
August 28th 2001: Laid up in Hull.
January 2002: Services between Rotterdam – Felixstowe.
July 2002: Sold to Stena Line Ab, Göteborg.
August 1st 2002: Renamed IDEWAY.
September 15th 2002: Services between Harwich – Europort.
November 23rd 2002: Arrived at Remontowa Shipyard, Gdansk, Poland for refit.
December 2002: Renamed STENA TRANSFER.
December 26th 2002: Arrived at Europort.
December 19th 2002: Services between Harwich – Europort.
Stena Transfer – © Wil Weijsters
January 20th 2007: Services between Hook of Holland – Killingholme.
May 2007: Services between Harwich – Europort.
Stena Transfer – © Robert J Smith
Stena Transfer – © Simonwp
Stena Transfer – © Marc Piché
September 5th 2010: Final day in service between Harwich – Europoort and the laid-up.
October 21st 2010: Sold to Finest Sia, Riga, Latvia (c/o Brax Shipholding Rederi Ab, Göteborg).
October 25th 2010: Renamed TRANSFER.
October 28th 2010: Left Rotterdam for Remontowa, Poland.
Transfer – © Jakub Bogucki (Gdańsk, 31/10/2010)
November 2010: Planned charter to Navirail did not take place owing to her not having the correct Ice Classification for the Gulf of Finland.
December 14th 2010: Arrived Gothenburg for lay-up.
January 21st 2012: Left Gothenburg for India.
March 1st 2012: Arrived at Alang, India for breaking.
Transfer – Ship Breaking, Facebook Group
All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Cees De Bijl, Jakub Bogucki, Brian Fisher, Marc Piché, Yvon Perchoc, Robert J Smith, Wil Weijsters and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
