MV Stena Nautica

ex Lion King II, Lion King, Isle of Innisfree, Niels Klim

Steel motor vessel, built by Nakskov Skibsværft A/S, Denmark (233) for DSB (Danish State Railways) in 1986 (Yard No 234) as a passenger and roll-on roll-off car and commercial vehicle ferry

Technical Data

Length: 134.02 – 135.47 metres (overall)(1985), 126.02m (Between Perpendiculars)
Breadth of Hull: 24.62 metres
Depth to main deck: 8.00m
Draught: 5.54m (maximum)
Tonnage: 11602.42 – 19763 gross/6154 – 6180 net/2813 – 2568 – 2500 deadweight
Engines: Two B&W 8L45GB diesels
Power: 12,488 kW/16950 bhp
Speed: 17.1 knots (19.4 knots maximum)
Capacity: 2,000 – 1,720 – 663 passengers, 411 – 350 – 330 – 411 cars, 36 – 40 @ 15m lorries
Call Sign: OWDW, ZCA03, SGQU
IMO Number: 8317954
MMSI Number: 265859000
Official Number: 716308 (LR 2001 – 02)
Registry: Århus/Denmark, Hamilton/Bermuda, Halmstad/Sweden, Hamilton/Bermuda, Göteborg /Sweden
Sister ship: Pedar Paars

Location Data

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History

November 1984: Keel laid.

May 14th 1985: Christened.

May 29th 1985: Launched.

April 21st 1986: Delivered to Danske Statsbaner, Aarhus, Denmark (Danish State Railways).

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April 1986: Commenced services between Aarhus – Kalundborg.

1990: Sold to Stena Ab, Göteborg for delivery in 1991.

May 19th 1991: Final service between Århus – Kalundborg.

May 20th 1991: Taken over by Stena Ab and renamed STENA NAUTICA. Registered to Stena Ab, Hamilton, Bermuda and laid up in Århus.

July 1991: Laid up at Svendborg Værft A/S, Svendborg, Denmark.

January 1st 1992: Agreement to charter to B&I Line, Dublin, Ireland from March.

January 24th 1992 – March 6th 1993: Chartered to Danske Statsbaner, Copenhagen for services between Aarhus – Kalundborg.

March 7th 1992: Refit at Svendborg Værft A/S, Svendborg.

March 1992: Renamed ISLE OF INNISFREE.

March 23rd 1992: Left Svendborg for Pembroke Dock.

March 26th 1992: Arrived Pembroke.

March 31st 1992: B&I services between Rosslare and Pembroke Dock.

January 27th 1994: Collided with the dock at Holyhead. Severely damaged and taken out of service.

March 1st 1994: Resumed service.

February 20th 1995: Services between Rosslare and Pembroke Dock.

March 14th 1995: Final services for B&I then to lay up at Dunkerque

April 1995: Chartered to Lion Ferry, Halmstad and renamed LION KING.

April 27th 1995: Trials in Halmstad and Grenaa.

May 8th 1995: Commenced services between Halmstad – Grenaa.

April 30th 1996: Renamed LION KING II.

May 6th 1996: Final service before being laid up in Landskrona. Renamed STENA NAUTICA.

June 15th 1995: Left Landskrona for Algeciras

June 20th 1995: Arrived Algeciras.

June 24th 1996 – September 17th 1996: Chartered to Cia, Trasmediterranea, Madrid, Spain for services between Algeciras – Tangier.

September 1996: Upon completion of the charter she was laid up in Dunkerque.

January 3rd 1997: Chartered to the Dutch Ministry of Defence for a single trip between Holland and Norway.

January 12th 1997 – January 19th 1997: Services for Stena Line between Karlskrona – Gdynia.

January 21st 1997: Returned to lay up at Dunkerque.

September 1997: Chartered to British Ministry of Defence for Zeebrügge – Immingham.

December 8th 1997: Services between Halmstad – Grenaa.

January 31st 1999: Final service between Halmstad – Grenaa.

February 1st 1999: Commenced service between Varberg – Grenaa.

September 2000: Passenger certificate reduced to 100 passengers.

April 6th 2001 – September 16th 2001: Passenger cert raised to 2000.

December 17th 2001: Taken out of service and rebuilt at Öresundsvarvet, Landskrona with extra vehicle decks and funnel stove pipes shortened.

February 22nd 2002: Returned to service.

December 20th 2002 – January 5th 2003: Refit.

February 16th 2004: En-route between Grenaa – Varbergs and in thick fog collided with Jamaican registered cargo vessel JOANNA. STENA NAUTICA was badly damaged but there were no reported injuries to her 91 passengers and 37 crew. Swedish sea rescue stated that the ferry was in a sinking condition and would be towed to shallower waters outside Varberg. The cargo ship continued to its Swedish destination port of Falkenberg.

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February 25th 2004: After sealing the leaks and pumping out the engine-room she was towed to a ferry ramp in Varberg to unload.

February 26th 2004: Arrived, under tow, at Cityvarvet, Gothenburg.

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March 5th 2004: Towed from Cityvarvet to Remontowa, Gdansk, Poland for repairs.

June 21st 2004: Arrived Varberg from Remontowa, Poland.

June 24th 2004: Resumed service between Varberg – Grenaa.

December 10th 2004: Transferred to Sena Rederi Ab, Göteborg.

January 24th 2013: Fire broke out in a truck on her car deck. No serious damage was caused nor were there any reported injuries. The fire was quickly extinguished by crew.

January 25th 2013: Returned to service.

July 8th 2014: Whilst departing Grenaa collided with a pier and was holed. Taken out of service for repairs.

July 10th 2014: Arrived Fayard, Odense for repairs.

July 30th 2014: Left Fayard for Varberg.

July 31st 2014: Returned to service.

November 22nd 2015: Whilst berthed at Grenaa was stuck by the Drilling Platform SEA WORKER which was blown off her moorings. No serious damage nor casualties were reported.

August 2017: Remains in service Varberg – Grenaa.

April 29th 2019: Stena announced that, from 2020, she would open the new route between Halmstad – Grenaa.

January 31st 2020: Came off service at Grenaa and sailed to Halmstad.

February 1st 2020: Arrived Halmstad to commence services Halmstad – Grenaa.

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