{"id":7736,"date":"2018-01-20T07:43:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T05:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=7736"},"modified":"2026-10-20T20:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:07:54","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=7736","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=7729\">Back to&nbsp;Ship<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background\"><tbody><tr><td>2\/8\/2005<\/td><td>Building contract<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>28\/11\/2006<\/td><td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/4\/2007<\/td><td>Launch and named to Cotentin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9\/11\/2007<\/td><td>Delivered to Brittany Ferries, France<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>26\/11\/2007<\/td><td>Poole-Cherbourg and Poole-Santander routes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10\/8\/2010<\/td><td>Drydocking at Brest<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>26\/9\/2011<\/td><td>Engine problems<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19\/3\/2013<\/td><td>Poole &#8211; Cherbourg and Poole &#8211; Bilbao routes Poole &#8211; santander route<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>21-22\/5\/2013<\/td><td>Sailings are cancelled due to technical problems<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9\/2013<\/td><td>Brittany ferries withdraw Cotentin Poole routes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7\/10\/2013<\/td><td>Docking at Remontowa, Gdansk, Poland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/2013<\/td><td>New name Stena Baltica<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24\/11\/2013<\/td><td>Karlskrona &#8211; Gdynia route. Operated Stena Line<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16\/11\/2020<\/td><td>Back to Brittany Ferries, Cherbourg, France. New name Cotentin.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/1\/2021<\/td><td>Cherbourg &#8211; Poole route.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4\/2021<\/td><td>Portsmouth &#8211; Cherbourg and Le havre &#8211; Cherbourg routes.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20\/10\/2026<\/td><td>Sold to Arab Bridge Maritime, Jordania. 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