July 10th 1972: Ordered. February 20th 1973: Keel struck September 28th 1973: Planned launch delayed owing to strike at the shipyard October 1st 1973: Launched. May 10th 1974: Delivered to companies which part-owned the vessel. Rederi Ab Ragne, Västervik (43,5%) / Rederi Ab Göteborg - Frederikshavn Linjen (43,5%) , Göteborg, Barkman & Co,(12%), Rederi Ab Ostenia (1%). Rederi Ab Ragne main contributor. May 11th 1974: Press presentation in Stockholm, followed by Travemünde, Göteborg and Oslo May 16th 1974: Commenced service with Sessan Linjens between Göteborg - Travemünde. May 25th 1977: Sold to Rederi Ab Göteborg-Frederikshavn Linjen, Göteborg. (Sessan Linjen),at the same time commencing services between Göteborg - Frederikshavn.
© Jörg Seyler
January 1st 1980: Partnership formed under the name of Sessan Tor Line, Göteborg between the two companies of Tor Line and Rederi Ab Göteborg-Frederikshavn Linjen Ab, Göteborg. February 1981: There was a split in Sessan Tor Line as Rederi Ab Göteborg-Frederikshavn Linjen Ab, Göteborg sold their majority share to Stena Ab, Göteborg. August 31st 1981: Final day in service between Göteborg - Travemünde. September 14th 1981: Entered service with Stena Lines between Göteborg - Kiel. May 10th 1982: Renamed STENA SCANDINAVICA. November 1982: Sold to Sessanlinjen Ab, Göteborg. (Stena Ab). December 1984: Rebuilt with extra cabins. August 1985: Sold to GFL Holding Ab, Göteborg. (Stena Ab).
 © Bernd Crause
1986: Transferred to Rederi Ab Göteborgs-Frederikshavns Linjen, Göteborg. (Stena Ab). August 1986: Sold to Stena Ab, Göteborg. April 5th 1987: Final day in service between Kiel - Göteborg. April 1987: Commenced service between Göteborg - Frederikshavn. June 1987: Chartered to Compangnie Tunisienne de Navigation S.A.(Cotunav) Tunisia. Commenced service between Tunis - Genoa. November 1987: Renamed SCANDINAVICA. December 1987: Laid up. January 31st 1988: The N.U.S. called a UK national strike in support of the 161 crew sacked by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company for refusing to accept new terms and conditions. As a result all non-Sealink ships were laid up for three months.
  
Andreas Wörteler Collection (left) and Nigel Thornton Collection (middle) © Ken Larwood (right)
June 7th 1988 - September 16th 1988: Chartered to Sealink British Ferries, U.K (reportedly costing £20,000 per day). Commenced service between Dover - Calais, and as a night ferry between Dover - Zeebrugge. The overnight route later closed because of a drain on the finances, with reported losses in excess of £1 million.
  © Ted Ingham
October 1988: Laid up in Dunkerque. November 1988: Sold to Stena Shipping Line, Nassau, Bahamas. May 15th 1989: Chartered to Compangnie Tunisienne de Navigation S.A.(Cotunav) Tunisia. Renamed TARAK L and commenced service between Tunis - Genoa/ Marseille. October 1989: Returned from charter and renamed SCANDINAVICA. November 15th 1989: Sold to Scandinavica Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas. Arrive at Kristiansands Mek. Verksteder, Kristiansand for rebuilding. March 1990: Sold to Norway Line Invest K/S, Bergen, Norway and renamed VENUS. March 31st 1990: Commenced service between Bergen - Stavanger - Newcastle.
  © Andreas Wörteler
October 14th 1990: Registered to Color Line A/S, Oslo, Norway. August 1994: Sold to DFDS A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark. September 1st 1994: Final day operating between Newcastle - Bergen. September 4th 1994: Transferred to DFDS A/S Esbjerg, and renamed KING OF SCANDINAVIA. April 2nd 1995: Commenced service between Esbjerg - Harwich. April 10th 1995: Commenced service between Esbjerg - Newcastle - Hamburg.
 
© Frank Lose
March 29th 1996: Commenced service between Ijmuiden - Newcastle - Hamburg. July 10th 1997 - September 10th 1997: Chartered to Compangnie Tunisienne de Navigation S.A.(Cotunav) Tunisia and operated between Tunis - Genoa/ Marseille. September 24th 1997 - September 28th 1997: Chartered to Ministry Of Defence, U.K. November 1st 1997: Commenced service between Ijmuiden - Newcastle.
Dirk Jankowsky Collection
May 10th 1998 - September 9th 1998: Chartered to Compangnie Tunisienne de Navigation S.A.(Cotunav) Tunisia and operated between Tunis - Genoa/ Marseille.
  © Andreas Wörteler
1999: Planned charter to Nordic Holland Line for services between Norway and Holland did not materialise. April 22nd 1999: Commenced service between Ijmuiden - Newcastle. June 23rd 2001: Final day operating between Ijmuiden - Newcastle.
 © Ton Grootenboer
July 1st 2001 - October 2001: Chartered to Cotunav, for services between Tunis - Genoa/ Marseille. October 5th 2001 - November 29th 2001: Chartered to Bornholmstrafikken, Rönne, Denmark for services between Copenhagen - Rönne. November 29th 2001: Laid up in Copenhagen. February 22nd 2002: Chartered to NATO, left Copenhagen for Kalundborg for use in transporting military personnel and equipment between Kalundborg - Szczecin (Poland), then moored in Szczecin as a floating barracks. March 23rd 2002: Arrived at Kalundborg for her final time, carrying troops. March 27th 2002: Arrived in Copenhagen to await sale. April 2002: Sold to Turkish Marmara Lines, Istanbul, Turkey (registered to Reca Marmara Nakliyat Deenizcilik, Istanbul, Turkey).
 © Frank Lose
2008: Recorded Owner: Reca Marmara Nakliyat Denizcilik Isletmeleri AS, Recorded Manager: V.Ships Leisure SAM May 2010: Sold to C-bed, England. May 18th 2010: Final service from Ancona to Cesme. May 24th 2010: Renamed WIND AMBITION under English registry. May 27th 2010: Left Cesme for Gibraltar. June 2010: Arrived Frederica, Denmark for rebuilding. August 4th 2010: Arrives in Liverpool to be used as an accommodation (hotel) vessel for workers of the Walney Wind Farm.
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