The Kronprins Frederik was laid down on November 21, 1979 as the third ship of the intercity ferries in Nakskov and launched on July 2, 1980. It bears the name of Frederik of Denmark , the first son of Queen Margrethe II. Danish State Railways (DSB) took the ferry on April 2, 1981, put it like her sister ships Dronning Ingrid and Prins Joachim on the line Korsør - Nyborg in Great Belt a. The home port was Korsør. After this line was closed at the end of May 1997, it was in Korsør and Nakskov.
In November 1997, the conversion to a car and passenger ferry began at their shipyard. From March 26, 1998 it was used on the Scandlines Rostock – Gedser line. On October 11, 1998, she ran aground near Gedser and was towed free after eight hours. On May 4, 1999, a 29-year-old Danish woman fell overboard in the port of Rostock. The search was unsuccessful.
In 2004 the ship received a new main engine at Blohm + Voss in Hamburg.
Their regular use on the Rostock – Gedser route ended in February 2017. After the tailgate was converted in Świnoujście, since the end of March 2017 it has served under the German flag with its home port of Rostock as a freight ferry for the Vogelfluglinie Puttgarden – Rødby, but also as a reserve ferry for the Rostock – Gedser route.