Route Karlskrona-Gdynia Status In service Launched 16 April 1983 Beam 29 m Completed 1988 | Yard number B494/2 Length 176 m Draft 6.75 m Builder Gdańsk Shipyard Operator Stena Line | |
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Name 1983-1986 Stena Germanica
1986-2011 Stena Scandinavica
2011 onwards Stena Spirit Port of registry 1983-2011 Gothenburg, Sweden
2011-onwards Nassau, Bahamas Identification Call sign C6ZK8
IMO number 7907661
MMSI number 311058100 | ||
Stena Spirit is a large cruiseferry owned by Stena Line. She entered service in 1988 as Stena Scandinavica and after a major refit in Gothenburg is now in service between Karlskrona and Gdynia.
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History
Stena Scandinavica was the second of four ferries ordered in 1980 by Stena Line for Scandinavian routes. She was launched in 1983 as Stena Germanica, but problems at the construction yard delayed her completion until 1988 when she entered service on the Gothenburg - Kiel route, joining her sister Stena Germanica (now Stena Vision). The remaining two hulls were planned to be Stena Polonica (completed for ANEK Lines as El Venizelos) and Stena Baltica (now Regent Sky; lengthened by over 50 m, but still not completed).
In April 2011 Stena Scandinavia was replaced on the Kiel - Gothenburg route by a new Stena Scandinavica. Following a major refit she was renamed Stena Spirit and entered service between Karlskrona and Gdynia.
Gdynia Accident, Poland
On 17 May 2012 at 8:45am, the Stena Spirit was departing from Gdynia Ferry Terminal en route to Karlskrona, Sweden when she became involved in an accident at the Baltic Container Terminal. The bow (ship) of the cruiseferry struck one of the Gantry cranes causing it to catastrophically collapse onto the quay below as she was manoeuvring. Three employees of the container terminal were injured, all requiring hospital treatment. Two of the Three staff members are said to be in a serious condition. None of the passengers or crew on board the Stena Spirit were injured.
A full investigation is being carried out to determine and establish the cause of the accident.
