MS Stena Seafarer
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = 'Stena Seafarer' off Bangor - geograph.org.uk - 1314949.jpg | Ship caption = Stena Seafarer in Belfast Lough }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = *1975-1980: Union Melbourne
| Ship owner = | Ship operator = *1975-1978: Union Steamship Co
| Ship registry = *1975–1994: London, {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
| Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = J.J. Sietas, Hamburg, Germany | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 3 March 1975 | Ship completed = | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship identification = {{IMO Number|7361594}}DNV Exchange [https://exchange-staging2.dnv.com/Exchange/Main.aspx?EXTool=Vessel&VesselID=09790 "Stena Seafarer"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815225944/https://exchange-staging2.dnv.com/Exchange/Main.aspx?EXTool=Vessel&VesselID=09790 |date=2011-08-15 }}, accessed 26 March 2011 | Ship fate = Scrapped 2014 | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|140.81|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|19.41|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{convert|5.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship sail plan = | Ship power = 2 x Deutz SBV 12M 540 | Ship propulsion = *2 × controllable pitch propellers
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MS Stena Seafarer was a ro-ro ferry that operated on the service between Larne, Northern Ireland and Fleetwood, England.
She was built in 1975 for Stena Line as Union Melbourne, before being renamed Union Trader in 1980. In the same year, the ship was acquired by P&O Irish Sea, becoming Puma, then European Seafarer in 1998.{{Cite web | url=http://www.ferry-site.dk/ferry.php?id=7361594&lang=en | title=M/F Stena Seafarer | first=Michael | last=Koefoed-Hansen | work=The ferry site | year=2010 | accessdate=2010-01-23}} In 2004 Stena Line the vessel transferred from P&O Irish Sea to Stena Line.{{Cite web | url=http://www.irishnews.com/pageacc.asp?sid=482232&tser1=ser&par=ben | title=P&O makes record hauls on Irish Sea | first=Gary | last=McDonald | work=The Irish News Online | publisher=The Irish News | date=2005-02-24 | access-date=2010-01-23}}{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}} In 2004 the ship was renamed to Stena Seafarer.
Following Stena Line's announcement in late 2010 that they were to close the Larne to Fleetwood service in the following year the ship was sold to Anship and renamed Ant 2. She was scrapped at Aliaga in 2014.{{csr|register=MSI|id=7361594|shipname=Stena Seafarer |accessdate=28 June 2020}}
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Category:Ferries of the United Kingdom
Category:Ferries of Northern Ireland