Builder Chantiers Dubigeon S.A Identification IMO number 8208763 Length 134 m | Yard number 167 Launched 21 December 1983 | |
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Name 1984-1992 Champs Elysees
1992-1997 Stena Parisien
1997-2009 SeaFrance Manet
2009-2012 Stena Navigator
2012 onwards Daniya Operator 1984-1986 SNCF
1986-1990 Dieppe Ferries
1990-1992 SPN
1992-1997 Sealink Stena Line
1997-2009 SeaFrance
2009-2012 Stena Line
2012 onwards Baleària Port of registry 1984-1990 Calais,
1990-1997 Dieppe,
1997-2009 Calais,
2009-2012 London,
2012 onwards S. C. de Tenerife, | ||
Daniya is a passenger / car ferry owned and operated by Baleària. She was built in 1984 by Chantiers Dubigeon S.A. in Prairie-au-Duc, Nantes, France for SNCF as Champs Elysees. From 1997 to 2009, she was owned by SeaFrance under the name SeaFrance Manet, until she was bought from SeaFrance in 2009. Stena Navigator was totally overhauled in October 2009 for the beginning of service with Stena Line.
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SNCF
Champs Elysées was built in 1984 by Chantiers Dubigeon S.A., Prairie-au-Duc, Nantes, for SNCF's Calais-Dover services, which were shared with their Sealink partners. She also operated between Boulogne-Dover. In 1990, ownership of Champs Elysées was transferred to Societé Propietaire des Navaires (SPN), in which Stena Line took a 49% interest (Stena having acquired the UK-owned Sealink operation).
SPN
In 1990, ownership of Champs Elysées was transferred to Societé Propietaire des Navaires (SPN), in which Stena Line took a 49% interest (Stena having acquired the UK-owned Sealink operation). Champs Elysées was transferred to the Newhaven-Dieppe service, which at that time was run by SPN.
Stena Sealink
In 1992 Champs Elysées was chartered to Sealink Stena Line when they took over the Newhaven-Dieppe service, for which she was renamed Stena Parisien. In 1997 the charter was ended, and Stena Parisien entered service between Dover-Calais for SeaFrance as SeaFrance Manet.
SeaFrance
In 1997, the Stena Line charter was ended, and Stena Parisien entered service between Dover-Calais for SeaFrance as the SeaFrance Manet. In 1999, Stena Line sold their 49% back to SPN. On 27 December 2007, SeaFrance announced that they have purchased a new vessel to replace both the Seafrance Manet and Seafrance Renoir. The SeaFrance Manet was retained by SeaFrance as a spare vessel in the fleet, until 2009. 29 April 2008 saw the final sailing of SeaFrance Manet between Dover - Calais. Afterwards, she was laid up in Calais.
Stena Line
On 8 July 2009, Stena Line officially announced they were purchasing the SeaFrance Manet to operate on their Belfast - Stranraer route. After a comprehensive refit she joined the Stena Caledonia and Stena Voyager in the autumn of 2009. In March 2011, Stena Line announced the Stena Navigator and her running partners on the Belfast - Stranraer route (Stena Caledonia and Stena Voyager) were to be replaced in autumn 2011 by the Stena Superfast VII and Stena Superfast VIII chartered from Estonian ferry operator Tallink. The Stena Navigator was withdrawn from service with on 16 November 2011.
Baleària
Three months after the closure of the Stranraer route, The Stena Navigator departed Belfast on 17 February bound for the Astander shipyard in Santander. The vessel was repainted in the Baleària livery and renamed Daniya.
Sister ship
The Stena Navigator had one sister ship, the SeaFrance Renoir which was scrapped in 2011. They are close sister ships but they aren't identical ferries. For example, windows on the Renoir were smaller than in the Daniya.