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                                 History

  
22/4/1980Keel laid
21/10/1980Launch
28/4/1981Ship was named M/S Silvia Regina by HM Queen
Silvia of Sweden
10/6/1981Delivered to Suomen Yritysrahoitus OY. Charter to
OY Svea Line (Finland) AB
12/6/1981Helsinki – Stockholm route on Silja Line service
13/1/1981 – 3/2/1982Build new bow on ship and  build more cabins and
modified restaurants
1983New homeport Mariehamn
1985Build new Conference rooms and Auditorium
1/1987Sold to Johnson Line, continue Silja Line service
1988Johnson Line sold to Stena Line. Ship chartered to
Silja Line service until Silja Lines
 new ships are ready.
6/1991Refurbished on Schichau Seebeckswerft AG ,
Bremerhaven, Germany. Named Stena Britannica
19/6/1991Stena Line´s route Hoek van Holland – Harwich
3/1994Oslo – Frederikshavn / Oslo – Frederikshavn – Göteborg
routes. Named Stena Saga
1/2000Build sponsons and refurbished public areas on
Cityvarvet, Göteborg
12/2002 – 1/2003Refurbished on Cityvarvet, Göteborg
12/2005 – 1/2006Refurbished on Cityvarvet, Göteborg
1/2008Refurbished on Cityvarvet, Göteborg
1/2011Build new Spa area
17/1/2011Back on Oslo – Frederikshavn / Oslo – Frederikshavn – Göteborg routes
7/4/2012Small explosion on engine room . Incident caused no
major damage, Ship continue operating normaly
  
 1/2020 Drydocking at Öresundsvarvet, Landskrona.
 15/3-21/6/2020Traffic suspended due to Corona virus.
  Soon after Oslo – Frederikshavn route closed.
 1/4/2020 Laid up at Uddevalla, Sweden.
 17/12/2020 New name Saga, Cyprus flag. Continue laid up.
 16/6/2021 Departed from Uddevalla after long laid up destination to Mediterranean.
 7/2021 Chartered to Adria Ferries. Bari – Durres route.