© Jörg Seyler Steel twin screw motor vessel, built by Nouvi Canterieri Aquania S.P.A. Marina de Carrara, Italy (Yard No. 2120) for Castello Hellas Shipping Co, Piraeus, Greece in 1982 as a commercial vehicle ferry. Engined by Mannheim and launched July 16th, 1981.
 Technical Data
IMO Number - 7826867 Length on deck - 150.81m (overall),171.05m (after lengthening) Breadth of hull - 25.28m (extreme) Draught - 5.40m (maximum) Tonnage - 5,088 gross, 5,739 (after rebuild 1), 13,294 (after rebuild 2) 2,406 net (after rebuild 1) 6,235 deadweight, 3,567 (after rebuild 1), 3,998 (after rebuild 2) Engines - Two 12-cylinder MWM TBD511V12 Diesels Two Wartsila-Vasa 12 V32E diesels (after engine rebuild) Power - 8,830kW (1982) 13,380 bhp (after engine rebuild) Speed - 17.0 knots 17.5 knots (after engine rebuild) Capacity - 240 passengers, 548 (after rebuild, later re-classed to 109) 69 freight units 291 cars (after rebuild) Call Sign - OUVU ( 1991 - )
History July 16th 1981: Launched for Castello Shipping and Navyglad Shipping Corp, Piraeus, Greece. December 30th 1981: Completed, but problems at her builders meant late delivery. March 1982: Delivered to Delpha Maritime Co, Ltd., Limassol, Cyprus. October 23rd 1982: Chartered to Rederi Ab Nordö, Malmö. Commenced service between Malmö - Travemünde. November 3rd 1982: Suffered an engine-room fire and towed into Travemünde. November 1983: Whilst at her refit in Malmö her owners went bankrupt. 1984: Sold to Stena Ab, Göteborg. Renamed STENA DRIVER. Commenced service between Göteborg - Travemünde. 1984: Transferred to Challenger Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas. May 4th 1985 - May 21st 1985: Operated between Moss - Frederikshavn. May 22nd 1985: Commenced service between Göteborg - Travemünde. December 1985: Sold to Sealink (UK) Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas. Renamed SEAFREIGHT FREEWAY. December 1985: Left Göteborg for Blackwater River and then laid up. December 29th 1985: Left Blackwater River to be rebuilt in Dunkerque. January 1986: Left Dunkerque for Bremerhaven, then to Blackwater River for further lay up. January 21st 1986: Commenced service between Dover - Dunkerque West.
 
© Brian Fisher (left) and © Fotoflite, Nigel Thornton Collection (right)
1988: Resumed Dover - Dunkerque after the prolonged NUS strike, then continued Dover - Calais. May 23rd 1988: An engine-room fire broke out shortly after the vessel left Dover. One engineer was killed and one seriously injured in the blaze, believed to have been caused by a broken fuel pipe. Kent firemen were airlifted by helicopter and the ship, carrying 30 crew and 42 lorry drivers, was later towed into Dunkerque by a French salvage tug. Later sent to Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven
© Fotoflite, Nigel Thornton Collection
September 15th 1988: An announcement was made that the Dover - Zeebrugge route was to be closed.
 
© Ted Ingham
October 16th 1988: Made her last sailing between Dover - Zeebrugge, and then went to lay up in the Fal. October 1988: Sold to Navigation Maritime Bulgaria, Varna, Bulgaria. (Partly paid for by Tzarevetz). October 1988: Transferred to So Mejduneroden Automobile Transport (S.M.A.T.) Bourgas, Bulgaria. Renamed SERDICA. 1990: Sold to Hornet Shipping Co, Nassau, Bahamas. Commenced operations for Swedish Gulf Line, Göteborg. Renamed NORDIC HUNTER. August 1991: Sold to Arka Marine II K/S, Århus, Denmark. Renamed ARKA MARINE. August 1991: Arrived at Seabow/ PZ Dora yard, Gdynia, Poland for rebuilding to car and passenger ferry. May 1991: Chartered to DSB Ferry Division, Århus, Danmark. Renamed ASK.
Andreas Wörteler
July 1991: Commenced service between Arhus - Kalundborg. On her first sailing she suffered major engine problems. September 8th 1993 - November 27th 1993: Complete engine replacement at Fredericia Skipsværft, Fredericia. September 1997: Sold to Scandlines A/S, Copenhagen .
Andreas Wörteler
January 1988; Laid up in Århus. April 1st 1999: Commenced operations for Euroseabridge between Travemünde - Klaipeda. November 1999: Laid up in Nakskov. January 4th 2000: Commenced services between Rostock - Leipaja. May 25th 2001 - September 28th 2001: Rebuilt and lengthened at Gdansk Shiprepair Yard "Remontowa", Gdansk, Poland. September 29th 2001: Commenced service between Rostock - Leipaja.
 
© Dirk Jankowsky
January 2nd 2002: Chartered to Rederi Ab Nordö Link, Malmö. Commenced services between Malmö - Travemünde. December 21st 2002: Final day operating between Malmö - Travemünde. Then she finished her charter with Nordö-Link. 2003: Commenced service between Trelleborg - Rostock. March 2003: Commenced service between Karlshamn - Liepaja. April 15th 2003: Chartered to Stena Line, Göteborg. Commenced service between Trelleborg - Travemünde.
 
© Andreas Wörteler
August 14th 2003: On departure from Travemünde, she was the victim of a bomb alert. She returned to the port, police searched the vessel and found nothing. April 1st 2005: Completion of charter to Stena Line (Scandlines services between Trelleborg - Travemünde). April 2005: Commenced services between Nynäshamn - Ventspils for a short time. May 25th 2005: Laid up in Puttgarden. May 30th 2005 - June 3rd 2005: Bare-boat chartered to NATO, for transport between Bornholm/ Northland - Sandefjord. June 4th 2005: Laid up in Puttgarden.
 Barcelona May 2005, © Carlos Moreno (Merchant Ships)
June 2005: Bare-boat chartered to Iscomar, Spain for three months. Operated between Valencia - Palma. October 1st 2005: Introduced between Rostock - Ventspils.
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