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                                 History

9/1983 Building contract
14/5/1985 Keel laid
29/5/1985 Launch
21/4/1986 Delivered to DSB, Denmark
6/1986 Århus – Kalundborg route
10/1990 Sold to Stena Line, delivery 1991.
20/5/1991 Delivered to Stena line, new name Stena Nautica . Laid up Århus.
7/1991 Laid up Svendborg Værft A/S, Denmark
1-3/1992 Charter to DSB Århus – Kalundborg route
3/1992 Charter to B&I LIne, New name Isle of Innisfree.
31/3/1992 Rosslare – Pembroke Dock, Dun Laoghaire – Holyhead routes
4/1995 Charter to Lion Ferry. New name Lion King. Swedish flag.
8/5/1995 Halmstad – Grenå route
30/4/1996 New name Lion King II
5/1996 Laid up at Landskrona. New name Stena Nautica.
6/1996 Charter to Trasmediterranea.  Algeciras – Tanger route.
9/1996 Laid up at Dunkerque.Some charters to Netherland and UK military.
8/12/1997 Halmstad – Grenå route, later Varberg – Grenå route.
16/11/2001 Swedish flag.
12/2001-3/2002 Build extra trailerdeck at Halmstad – Grenå route.
16/2/2004 Collision between  cargoship Joanna and Stena Nautica.
26/2/2004 Repaired at Cityvarvet, Göteborg
3/2004 Work continue at Remontowa, Poland
24/6/2004 Back on Varberg – Grenå service
24/1/2013 Fire on cargodeck
8/7/2014 Hit a pier when she was departing  from Grenå. Take some water to ship and oil leak to sea.
8/7/2014 Repaired at Fayard Shipyard, Lindø
13/7/2014 Planned to be back on service.