page_title: MS Stena Saga
section_title: 1994 onwards: Stena Saga
hierarchical_section_title: MS Stena Saga / Service history / 1994 onwards: Stena Saga
caption_attribution_description: English: View of the ferry MS Stena Saga
context_page_description: MS Stena Saga is a cruiseferry owned by the Swedish shipping company Stena Line and was operating mainly on their route connecting Oslo, Norway to Frederikshavn until march 2020, after that the route where closed down, Denmark. She was built as MS Silvia Regina in 1981 by Wärtsilä Turku, Finland for Rederi AB Svea for use in Silja Line traffic. The ship joined Stena Line fleet in 1991, originally with the name MS Stena Britannica.
context_section_description: The ship was not economic to use on the Hoek van Holland – Harwich route, and in March 1994 she was moved to the Oslo–Fredrikshavn route, taking over the route and, confusingly, the name of MS Stena Saga, which in turn took over the Hoek van Holland – Harwich route. Initially during winter months the route was extended to Oslo–Fredrikshavn–Gothenburg.
  On 9 August 1995, while en route from Fredrikshavn to Oslo the ship's engines stalled for two hours, during which she lay at anchor to stop the ship drifting towards land. In January 2000 the ship was rebuilt at Götaverken Cityvarvet, Gothenburg with amongst other things rear sponsons added. In August 2000 the ship stopped taking passenger cars onboard on the Fredrikshavn–Gothenburg portion of the route. For the weekend 12–13 May 2001 the ship was chartered to a music festival in Copenhagen.
  Between December 2002 and January 2003 the ship was again rebuilt at Cityvarvet. In June 2003 the ship was chartered to the Norwegian football union for a cruise from Oslo to Copenhagen. On 14 June 2005, after departing Frederikshavn for Oslo the smoke detector in one of the generator rooms gave an alarm, and the ship returned to Frederikshavn. Following this she was kept off service for a week. Between December 2005 and January 2006 the ship was once again rebuilt at Cityvarvet. In early 2008 she was docked at Cityvarvet once again. During this docking the large "spoiler" was removed from the funnel, reportedly to improve stability, while altering the ship's appearance and causing some dismay from ship enthusiasts in the Nordic Countries.
  In March 2020 Stena Line announced that it would withdraw the vessel from the Oslo-Fredrikshavn route and terminate the route, citing lack of traffic and missing the important summer season due to the Coronavirus border closures as the main reason. The fate of the vessel remains uncertain and is currently stored in the port of Uddevalla.
caption: MS Stena Saga in Fredrikshavn, 2019.
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