HSC Stena Voyager

Stena Voyager leaving Belfast
Stena Voyager departing Belfast
History
NameStena Voyager
OwnerStena Recycling
OperatorN/A
Port of registryLondon
RouteBelfastStranraer (GB)
BuilderFinnyards, Finland
Yard number405
Laid downMay 1995
Launched23 February 1996[1]
CompletedJune 1996
In serviceJune 1996–2011
IdentificationIMO number9080209
FateScrapped[2]
General characteristics
Class and typeHSS 1500
Tonnage19,638 GT
Length126.6 m (415 ft 4 in)
Beam40.0 m (131 ft 3 in)
Draught4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Capacity
  • 1,500 passengers
  • 375 cars
  • 800 lane metres
The Stena Voyager was the world's largest catamaran ferry[3] that provided a high-speed service across the Irish sea. She was scrapped in 2013.[2]

Stena Voyager was a high-speed ferry owned by Stena Line which used to operate on their Belfast–Stranraer service. It was the second of three HSS 1500 class of high-speed ferries developed and introduced by Stena Line from 1996 onwards. The others were Stena Explorer and Stena Discovery.

In 2013, Stena Voyager was sold for scrap. It was towed to Landskrona, Sweden, where was broken up by Stena Recycling, another member of Stena Sphere.[2]

  1. ^ "Stena Voyager (9080209)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Stena-katamaran till återvinning. Sjöfarts Tidningen, 29 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
  3. ^ Bowen, David (4 May 1996). "Forget the tunnel; all the talk on the high seas is of 50mph super ferries. And Britain doesn't make any of them". Independent. London. Retrieved 29 January 2016.