The Stena Jutlandica is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 registered Passenger / Vehicle / Train ferry

Train ferry

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 owned and operated by Stena Line

Stena Line

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. The vessel operates between Gothenburg

Gothenburg

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 and Frederikshavn

Frederikshavn

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The Stena Jutlandica is the first of two similar ships built by Van der Giessen de Noord

Van der Giessen de Noord

Van der Giessen de Noord was a shipyard that mainly built ferries, located in Krimpen aan den IJssel, a town in the western Netherlands. The yard was especially suited to the construction of large vessels due to its developed undercover facilities....

. The second vessel operates on the Irish Sea

Irish Sea

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 as the Isle of Inishmore

MS Isle of Inishmore

MS Isle of Inishmore is a ro-ro ferry owned by Irish Ferries and operated on their Rosslare-Pembroke service. At the time of its introduction, it was the largest car ferry operating in Northern Europe. It is named after Inishmore, the largest of the Aran Islands...

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History

The vessel was launched in March 1996 as the Stena Jutlandica. Prior to entering service the vessel was renamed Stena Jutlandica III.

In August 1996 the vessel returned to her original name following the transfer of the previous Stena Jutlandica to the English Channel

English Channel

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On 23 January 1998 the Stena Jutlandica collided with the Chemical tanker Brevik near Gothenburg.