MS Stena Scotia
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: |
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| Owner: |
 DFDS Seaways |
| Operator: | Stena Line |
| Port of registry: |
 København |
| Route: | - |
| Builder: | MIHO Shimizu Ship Yard |
| Completed: | 1996 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9121625 |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Length: | 142.5 m (467 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 23.2 m (76 ft 1 in) |
| Draught: | 5.4 m (17 ft 9 in) |
| Draft: | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
| Decks: | 3 |
| Installed power: | 2x Hitachi Zosen Sulzer 8ZAL40S, 5475 kW / 7300HP. Aus. Engines 2 x Sulzer 4SC6S20D |
| Propulsion: | 2 x propellers |
| Speed: | 18.6 knots (34.4 km/h; 21.4 mph) |
| Capacity: |
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MS Stena Scotia is a freight ferry that is owned by Stena and operated by the ferry company Stena Line. She operates on the route that links Heysham with Belfast. She was built in 1996 at the Miho Shipyards in Japan as the Maersk Exporter for Norfolkline. In 2010, she was renamed as the Scotia Seaways when DFDS Seaways acquired Norfolkline and took over all of their operations. Later that year, she was chartered to Stena Line where she was repainted and again renamed, this time as the Stena Scotia. She has three sister ships, the MS Stena Hibernia, the MS Flandria Seaways and the MS Anglia Seaways. She can only accommodate 12 passengers, but provides 1,562 lanemetres. Her current port of registry is Vlaardingen, The Netherlands. Renamed Stena Scotia in 2012.
Heysham-Belfast
The ship crosses the Irish sea in about 8 hours.