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14,368 grt; 3,315 dwt; 2,100 passengers; 700 cars.
Operator: Stena Sessan Line AB, Gothenburg, Sweden. Port of registry: Göteborg (Gothenburg),
Built 1981 by Götaverken Arendal A/B, Gothenburg, Sweden. Yard no 909.
Propulsion: twin-screw with 4 x vee-12-cylinder, four-stroke Nohab-Wärtsilä Vaasa 12V32A of 20,600 bhp (total) at 750 rpm. Speed: 19.5 knots.
1983-sold to Hill Samuel Trading Ltd, London, renamed ST NICHOLAS for three-year charter to Sealink UK Ltd.
1984-charter taken over by Sealink British Ferries
1989-sold to Rederi AB Gotland, Visby, Sweden (remained under British flag).
1990-chartered to Stena Ab, Gothenburg.
1990-refitted at Lloyd Werft ,Bremerhaven, Germany, renamed STENA NORMANDY for Southampton-Cherbourg service.
1997-chartered to Hansatee Oy, Tallin, Estonia, renamed NORMANDY
1998-chartered to Irish ferries, Dublin, Ireland.
1998-sold to Irish Continental Ferries, Dublin.
2008-sold to Equinox Offshore accommodation, Singapore. (Cyprus flag)
Photo: Cityvarvet shiprepair yard, Gothenburg, May 1983, undergoing conversion to a night-ferry and to become Sealink UK’s ST NICHOLAS, for the Harwich-Hook of Holland Service. This refit saw an increase in the number of cabin berths from 400 to 1,156; a reduction in the overall passenger capacity from 2,100 to 2, 060; car capacity down from 700 to 450 and trucks from 70 to 50.
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