Photo taken at Port of Klaipeda (Lithuania) on May 06.2011/EX: MERSEY VIKING (- 2005),
DUBLIN VIKING (2005 - 2010)
Builder:Shipyard: C.N. Visentini di Visentini Francesco & C., Donada
, Italy (Yard No:180);
Launch: 07.12.1996

Built: 1997,
Length: 186,00 m.

Breadth: 26,00 m.

Maximum draft 6 m.
DWT: 6500 t GT: 21856 t Main en:2x Wärtsilä 8R46 diesel; Power:15.600 kW
Speed marching: 24 kn.
Passengers: 340.


Freight Capacity: 2.460 lane metres





History
:
12.07.1997: Delivered to Levantina Trasporti S.r.l., Chioggia.
07.1997: Chartered to Norse Irish Ferries, Belfast.
...
07.2004: Registered for Norfolkline Irish Sea Ship, Belfast.
12.09.2005: Renamed DUBLIN VIKING.
18.12.2005: Ferry stranded off Liverpool but could get free under her own power.
01.06.2009: Registered for Norfolkline Irish Sea Ship Owners Ltd, Belfast.

12.07.2010: Norfolkline was sold to DFDS.
08.2010: Renamed DUBLIN SEAWAYS.
31.01.2011: Route Birkenhead - Dublin closed.
03.02.2011: Sold to Stena North Sea Ltd..
Flag: United Kingdom , Call Sign: MEEJ3,
MMSI: 235007370 , IMO: 9136022