MV Sveti Stefan II
Ex Nieborow, Stena Baltica, Prins Hamlet, Prinz Hamlet
© Werft Nobiskrug
Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1973 at Werft Nobiskrug GmbH, Rendsburg, Germany (Yard No 679) for as a passenger-car-cargo ferry
Technical Data
- Length: 118.75 m (overall) 107.62 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 18.31 m
- Depth: 12.10 m
- Draught: 5.03 m
- Tonnage: 5829 gross/3036 net/1127 deadweight
- Engines: 4 Oil 4 SA 6 cylinder Stork Werkspoor 6TM140 diesels
- Power: 11700 kW/16000 bHP
- Speed: 22.5 knots
- Capacity: 1100 passengers/225 cars
- Call Sign: DIPH, C6HD4, 3EWI3
- IMO Number: 7320332
- Port of Registry: Hamburg/Germany , Copenhagen/Denmark , Monrovia/Liberia , Nassau/Bahamas , Kologrzeg/Poland , Nassau/Bahamas , Panama
History
October 5th 1972: Ordered.
November 15th 1972: Keel struck.
May 26th 1973: Launched.
November 8th 1973: Delivered to Prinzen Line Schiffahrtsges, mbH & Co, Hamburg, Germany.
November 12th 1973: Services Hamburg – Harwich.
© Joerg Seyler
© Wolfgang Fricke (Hamburg, 01/08/1974)
March 6th 1975 – April 1973: Out of service with engine problems.
1977: Sold to Fährschiffgesellschaft “Prinz Malcom” Kröger, Dr. Prüssmann & Co, Hamburg, for the same services.
© Wolfgang Fricke (Hamburg, 10/01/1980)
1983: Sold to Prinzen Line Schiffahrtsges, mbH & Co, Hamburg.
September 1st 1984 – September 14th 1984: Chartered to NATO for one trip Hamburg – Southampton – Zeebrügge – Hamburg.
September 28th 1984 – September 30th 1984: Chartered to NATO for one trip Harwich – Zeebrügge.
© Simonwp (North Sea, April 1984)(Left) © Ulrich Streich (Hamburg) (Right)
© Wolfgang Fricke (Hamburg, 01/01/1985)
March 6th 1985 – March 25th 1985: Chartered to NATO for one trip Hamburg – Oslo – Andalsnes – Tromsö – Dundee – Hamburg.
© Simonwp (Left) © Fotoflite (Right)
© Derek Sands (Parkeston Quay, 17/10/1986)
April 4th 1987: Final day in service Hamburg – Harwich.
April 5th 1987: Laid up.
May 4th 1987: Sold to DFDS A/S, Copenhagen, Danmark.
May 5th 1987: Arrived Esbjerg.
© Fotoflite (Both)
Ramsey Postcard
May 11th 1987: Renamed PRINS HAMLET.
June 3rd 1987 – August 17th 1987: Services Esbjerg – Newcastle and Gothenburg – Newcastle.
© Ken Lubi (Tyne, 06/07/1987)
October 7th 1987 – October 12th 1987: Chartered to NATO for one trip Newcastle – Bremerhaven – Newcastle – Bremerhaven – Esbjerg.
October 22nd 1987 – October 29th 1987: Chartered to NATO for one trip Esbjerg – Emden – Newcastle – Bremerhaven – Newcastle – Esbjerg.
November 21st 1987 – March 2nd 1988: Freight ferry services Esbjerg – Newcastle.
March 2nd 1988: Left Esbjerg for Rosslare.
March 3rd 1988 – April 28th 1988: Chartered to B&I Line, Dublin for services Pembroke – Rosslare.
May 11th 1988 – September 13th 1988: Services Esbjerg – Newcastle and Gothenburg – Newcastle.
September 16th 1988 – September 20th 1988: Chartered to NATO for one trip Esbjerg – Harwich.
September 23rd 1988: Arrived Frederikshavn Værft A/S, Frederikshavn for refit.
September 29th 1988: Sold to Sail Pride Inc, (Stena Ab), Monrovia, Liberia.
October 3rd 1988: Sold to Stena RoRo Line Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas. Renamed STENA BALTICA although never used by Stena Line.
Andreas Wörteler Collection
November 1988: Chartered to Polska Zegluga Baltyska, Kolobrzeg, Poland and renamed NIEBOROW.
November 1988: Polferries services Ystad – Swinoujscie.
November 1989: Sold to Polska Zegluga Baltycka, Kolobrzeg, Polen for services Malmö – Swinoujscie, Oxelösund – Gdansk, Nynäshamn – Gdansk.
© Pieter Inpyn (Ystad, 01/06/1992)
1999: Services Nynäshamn – Gdansk, Ystad – Swinoujscie.
2002: Services Ystad – Swinoujscie.
© Eerik Laine (Ystad, 06 – 07/06/2002)
October 2002: Sold to Adriatic Lines SA, Monaco. (Prekookeanska Plovidba, Bar, Montenegro).
November 10th 2002: Final day in service Ystad – Swinoujscie.
November 2002: Renamed SVETI STEFAN II.
November 31st 2002: Left Gdansk for Bar.
January 26th 2003: Services Bar – Bari.
2003: Summer sailings Bar – Ancona.
March 2nd 2011: Arrived Valletta with 400 evacuees from Sierta and Ras Lanut, Libya.
May 26th 2011 – June 20th 2011: Chartered to Adriatica Lines for services Bari – Durres.
© Josip Botica (Dubrovnik, 04/07/2012)
May 14th 2016:
” Mooring lines broke in strong wind gusts in the morning, reportedly in Kotor port, Montenegro, Adriatic sea. Stern ramp was broken while lowered, so that it c0uldn’t be raised. Vessel was taken to Bijela to undergo repairs at Bijela Ship Repair Yard, Boka Bay, Montenegro. There were 270 tourists on board, no injures reported.”.
© Godra (Bijela in Boka Bay,Montenegro, 16/05/2016)
May 14th 2017: Left Bar for Aliaga.
May 17th 2017: Arrived Aliaga for scrapping.
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: Brian Fisher, Fotoflite, Wolfgang Fricke, Godra, Pieter Inpyn, Eerik Laine, Ken Lubi, Derek Sands, Joerg Seyler, Simonwp, Jurgen Stein, Ulrich Streich and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
The company name in the 1977 entry has been badly mangled. Suggest “Fährschiffgesellschaft “Prinz Malcom” Kröger, Dr. Prüssmann & Co, Hamburg” merely to correct the language, I do not know anything about the company as such. Interesting that the company name has a different name for the ship than the ship itself, to my knowledge she never was “Prinz Malcom”.
Many thanks for the correction. Always appreciated.
Nigel T