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STENA INVICTA (1985)

Service dates: 1998-2001

Shipping lines: P&O STENA LINE

Ship type:


Roll on/Roll off Passenger Ferry.


Career

04.05.1984
Keel laid.
20.11.1984
Launched.
18.10.1985
Completed as Peder Paars for Danish Railways.
1991
Acquired by Stena Line and renamed as Stena Invicta.
09.03.1998
Acquired by P&O Stena Line (Ships) Ltd (P&O interest 60%) on its establishment.
20.03.1998
Bareboat chartered to Silja Line Ltd without change of name.
11.12.1999
Chartered to Stena Line Ltd for its Irish Sea service.
20.03.2000
Stena Line charter ended.
24.03.2000
Registry transferred to Nassau, Bahamas. Official number 8000109, call sign C6RD5. Renamed Color Viking for bareboat charter to Color Line from 1st June 2000.
08.05.2001
Sold to Color Line Marine AS (Color Line, managers). Still reported in service.


Ship technical details (PDF)