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                                 History

	Building contract
	Start of Production
	Keel laid
16/7/1981	Launch
3/1982	Delivered to Delpa Maritime, Cyprus
9/1982	Charter to Rederi Ab Nordö, Malmö.  Malmö – Travemünde route.
11/1982	Engineroom fire. Towed back to Travemünde.
11/1983	Owner  had economical problems.
1984	Sold by auction to Stena Line, Sweden. New name Stena Driver.
1984	Göteborg – Travemünde route.
1984	Owner Stena Challenger Ltd. , Bahamas.
5/1985	Moss – Frederikshavn route
22/5/1985	Göteborg – Travemünde route.
12/1985	Owner Sealink (UK) Ltd, Bahamas New name Seafreigth Freeway.
12/1985	Rebuild at Dunkerque.
1/1986	Laid up
7/1986	Sealink Brittish Ferries service Dover – Dunkerque route.
10/1988	Laid up
10/1988	Sold to Navigation Maritime Bulgare, Bulgaria
10/1988	Sold to S.M.A.T.  , Bulgaria . New name Serdica. Medmar service.
1990	Sold to Hornet Shipping, Bahamas. New name Nordic Hunter.
1990	Swedish Gulf Line service.
1991	Sold to Arka Marine II A/S, Denmark . New name Arka Marine
1991	Rebuild to car-passenger ferry on Gdynia.
1991	Charter to DSB. New name ASK. Århus – Kalundborg route.
1993	New main engines installed.
9/1997	Sold to Scandlines.
1/1988	Laid up at Århus
4/1999	Charter to Euroseabridge , Travemünde – Klaipeda route.
11/1999	Laid up at Nakskov.
1/2000	Rostock – Liepaja route
2001	Lengthened on Remontowa, Poland
29/9/2001	Rostock – Liepaja route
1/2002	Charter to Nordö-Link , Malmö – Travemünde route.
2003	Trelleborg – Rostock route for Scandlines service.
3/2003	Karlshamn – Liepaja route.
4/2003	Charter to Stena Line Trelleborg – Travemünde route
5/2005	Laid up at Puttgarden.
6-9/2005	Charter to Iscomar  Palma – Valencia route.
10/2005	Rostock – Ventspils route route. Short visits Karlshamn / Nynäshamn – Ventspils and Rostock – Trelleborg routes.
1/2009	Nynäshamn – Ventspils route.
1/2011	Travemünde – Liepaja route.
6-7/2011	Charter to SOL Continental Line, Helsingborg – Travemünde route.
7/2011	Laid up at Nakskov.
9/2011	Travemünde – Liepaja route.
10/2012	Sold to Stena Line Baltic A/S
	Continue Travemünde – Liepaja route
25/7/2015	Göteborg – Fredrikshavn route. Replace Stena Jutlandica.
autumn 2015	Rebuild
late 2015	New name Stena Gothica . Göteborg – Fredrikshavn route.
1/5/2022	Nynäshamn – Hanko route.
10/12/2023	Europoort – Harwich route
23/12/2023	Laid up at Rotterdam.
17/4/2024	Rotterdam – Harwich route.
10/6/2024	Laid up at Rotterdam.
8/2024	Sold to new owner.
20/8/2024	Arrived to Klaipeda.
2/9/2024	New name Gothica. Panama flag.