Stena Vision (ship, 1987)
 Stena Vision at Sea
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The Stena Vision (formerly Stena Germanica is) a RoRo - ferry of the Swedish shipping company Stena Line , the ferry traffic on the Baltic Sea is used.
history
The Stena Vision was ordered from the shipyard in Gdynia (Poland) in 1979 and laid down in 1981, originally as Stena Scandinavica . The launch took place on August 22, 1981. In 1982 the ship was renamed Scandinavica . Due to delays in construction, she was only completed at the end of 1986, renamed Stena Germanica in November 1986 and from April 7, 1987, later together with her sister ship Stena Scandinavica (now Stena Spirit ), she sailed the 441-kilometer overnight route almost continuously every day between Kiel and Gothenburg .
In February and March 1999 80 passenger cabins were dismantled in favor of a larger vehicle deck as part of a stay at the shipyard. In 2007 it was renovated.
In order to expand the capacity of the heavily used route between Kiel and Gothenburg, the shipping company decided to replace the two ships, which are now over 20 years old, with larger and newer ones. On September 1, 2010, the Stena Germanica was replaced by the previous Stena Hollandica . Her sister ship Stena Scandinavica was replaced on April 20, 2011 by the previous Stena Britannica .
Since the names Stena Germanica and Stena Scandinavica are traditionally reserved for ships on the Kiel – Gothenburg route , it was renamed Stena Vision during a subsequent stay in the shipyard in autumn 2010 . On this occasion, it was also partially repainted, a panoramic window was integrated in one of the front cabins on the port side, the two vehicle ramps were adapted for the new jetties, and a third vehicle ramp was integrated in the stern.
Stena Vision has been operating the route between Gdynia (Poland) and Karlskrona (Sweden) since November 4, 2010 . Her sister ship, the Stena Spirit , followed in summer 2011.
Ship data
The Stena Vision is 176 meters long, 43.5 m high and 30 m wide and has a draft of 6.7 meters. The twelve decks (four of which are car decks ) can accommodate up to 1,700 passengers and 600 cars or 80 trucks. The crew is around 130 people.
The measurement of the ship is 39,169 GT, the speed is 22 knots , the stopping distance is 600 meters. The main engines are four diesels with 16 cylinders and 40,000 hp. In addition, five eight-cylinder auxiliary diesels are installed on board to supply energy. It also has two bow thrusters , each with 1,500 HP or 1,500 HP and two stabilizers . The fuel consumption on the Kiel – Gothenburg route was between 28 and 40 tons.
Further sister ships
Originally the Stena Line ordered four ships: the Stena Germanica (hull number 494/1), the Stena Scandinavica (494/2), the Stena Polonica (494/3) and the Stena Baltica (494/4). Due to delivery delays by the shipyard in the construction of the first two ships, the last two ships were canceled again during the construction phase and their largely completed hull was sold. The ship intended as Stena Polonica was completed in Greece and sails today as El. Venizelos at the Greek shipping company ANEK Lines . The ship intended as the Stena Baltica was brought to Greece in 1989, where it was renamed Regent Sky . The planned conversion to a cruise ship was canceled for financial reasons. The hull was in Piraeus until July 2011 and was then towed to Aliaga for scrapping.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ M / S Stena Germanica. Retrieved January 19, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c d Mikke Asklander: Technical data of the "Stena Germanica" from 1987. Retrieved on May 21, 2011 .