MS Stena Seafarer

MS Stena Seafarer was a ro-ro ferry that operated on the service between Larne, Northern Ireland and Fleetwood, England.

Stena Seafarer in Belfast Lough
History
Name	1975-1980: Union Melbourne 1980-1980: Union Trader 1980-1988: Puma 1998-2004: European Seafarer 2004 onwards: Stena Seafarer 2011: onwards ANT 2
Operator	1975-1978: Union Steamship Co 1978-1988: Pandoro 1998-2004: P&O Irish Sea 2004-2011 Stena Line 2011 onwards Anship
Port of registry	1975-1994: London,  United Kingdom 1994 onwards: Hamilton,  Bermuda
Builder	J.J. Sietas, Hamburg, Germany
Launched	3 March 1975
Identification	IMO number: 7361594[1]
Fate	Scrapped 2014
General characteristics
Tonnage	10,957 GT[1]
Length	140.81 m (462 ft 0 in)[1]
Beam	19.41 m (63 ft 8 in) [1]
Draught	5.80 m (19 ft 0 in)[1]
Installed power	2 x Deutz SBV 12M 540[1]
Propulsion	2 × controllable pitch propellers 2 × bow thrusters

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.[2] In 2004 Stena Line the vessel transferred from P&O Irish Sea to Stena Line.[3] In 2004 the ship was renamed to Stena Seafarer.[2]

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.[4]