EUROPEAN SEAFARER (1975)

Service dates: 1978-2004

Official number: 365913

Shipping lines: PANDORO; P&O FERRIES; POETS FLEET MANAGEMENT LTD.; P&O TRANS-EUROPEAN; P&O EUROPEAN FERRIES

Ship type:

• Ferry

Roll on/Roll off Passenger Ferry.

Career

03.03.1975

Launched.

28.05.1975

Delivered as Union Melbourne for Northern Coasters Ltd, London, and chartered to Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand Ltd. She was almost immediately lengthened by Nobiskrug GmbH Werft, Rendsburg, West Germany.

20.11.1978

Chartered by Pandoro Ltd.

1980

Sold to Stena Shipping Ltd, Hamilton, Bermuda, and renamed Union Trader.

11.09.1980

Purchased by Bovis Properties Southern Ltd (P&O Ferries Ltd, managers) and renamed Puma. Refitted by Tyne Shiprepair Ltd, South Shields.

20.11.1980

Delivered.

31.12.1984

POETS Fleet Management Ltd appointed managers.

15.05.1990

Ownership transferred from Bovis Properties Southern Ltd to POETS Fleet Management Ltd.

01.12.1990

Ownership transferred from POETS Fleet Management Ltd to Pandoro Ltd.

01.12.1991

Maximum draught 5.800m.

1994

Re-measured. Gross tonnage now 10,957 gt. Net tonnage now 3,287 nt.

07.1994

Transferred to Liverpool/Dublin service.

31.12.1994

Managers POETS Ship Management Ltd. Registry transferred to Hamilton, Bermuda. Signal letters ZCAZ2; Breadth 23.1m; Draught 4.67m. Capacity 50 drivers.

01.07.1997

Operators renamed P&O Trans European.

12.07.1997

Transferred to Fleetwood/Larne service.

30.09.1997

Managers renamed P&O Ship Management (Irish Sea) Ltd

01.10.1997

Operations transferred to P&O European Ferries.

01.01.1998

Renamed European Seafarer.

31.12.1998

Length 141.30m, breadth 19.40m, crew 28. Fleetwood/Larne now a passenger and freight service.

20.04.2004

Sold to Stena Ropax ltd, Hamilton, Bermuda, and renamed Stena Seafarer.

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