© Ted Ingham Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1970 at Kristiansand M/V A/S Kristiansand Norway. (Yard No 215) for Stena Ab, Göteborg as a passenger and roll-on roll-off car and commercial vehicle ferry. Launched April 30th 1970.
 Technical Data
Registry - Gothenburg , London, Italy, Bergen, Istanbul, Georgia. IMO - 7033202 Length on deck - 105.90m (347.5 ft)(overall)(1970) 93.66m (307.0 ft) (between perpendiculars)(1970) Breadth of hull - 16.00m (15.695 ft) (extreme) Depth - 11.61m (38.09 ft)(1987) Draught - 4.90 m (16.08 ft) (maximum) Tonnage - 1,599 gross (1970), 4,979 (1987) 634 net (1970), 2,765 (1987) 2,550 deadweight (1970), 1,157 (1987) Engines - Two 9-cyl, and two 8-cyl, S.C.S.A Wichmann Normo diesels Propulsion/Propellers - diesel (3,325 kW)/2. Speed - 16.0knots. Capacity - 36 passengers , 540 lane metres (1970) 500 passengers, 145 cars (1987) Call Sign - SDPM (1970), JXWI (1988 - ), 4LHE2 (@ 2009)
History April 30th 1970: Launched. October 1st 1970: Completed and delivered to Stena Ab, Göteborg. October 1st 1970: Chartered to Canadian Ministry of Transport, St John, Kanada. October 1970 - 1972: Commenced service between North Sydney - Port aux Basques. July 1st 1974: Sold to Barclay´s Export & Finance Ltd, Scotland. (British Transport Ship Management Scotland Ltd.). July 7th 1974: Arrived at Wellington Dock, Dover for rebuilding. August 1974: Proceeded to Middlesbrough for dry-docking. December 16th 1974: Renamed ULIDIA. Introduced by Sealink, British Rail on services between Stranraer - Larne. 1980 (early): Off service with gear-box problems May 1980: Laid up in Newhaven. June 1980: Operated services between Newhaven - Dieppe as cover for SENLAC which had suffered a fire in her alternator room on June 13th ,whilst in Dieppe. 1980: Operated services between Dover - Dunkerque.
Nigel Thornton Collection
1981: Commenced services between Stranraer - Larne. April 9th 1981: Laid up in Wellington Dock, Dover.
© Ken Larwood
July 8th 1981 - September 12th 1981: Operated as relief at Newhaven November 2nd 1981: Sold to Corvo Shipping Inc (Manta Line Inc Manager),Piraeus, Greece. Renamed AUTO TRADER. November 2nd 1981: Left Dover for Greece. 1985: Sold to Internationell Agency for Shipping & Trading Co, Alexandria, Egypt. 1986: Renamed RAGA QUEEN. November 20th 1987: Sold to A/S Team Askøy, Bergen, Norway (Rutelaget Askøy - Bergen). December 1987: Rebuilt at Kristiansands Mek. Verksted, Kristiansand, Norway. 1988: Renamed FJORDVEIEN. July 1st 1988: Began operations for A/S Rogaland Kystferger between Skudeneshavn - Mejkarvik. November 29th 1992 - December 30th 1993: Laid up.
© Jürgen Stein
December 31st 1993: Commenced service between Bergen - Stavanger. March 14th 1994: Laid up with engine problems. December 1994: Sold to Rederi Ab Lillgard, Mariehamn, Finland. Renamed FJÄRDVÄGEN.
© Marko Stampehl
December 1994: Refitted at Laksevågs Verft, A/S, Bergen. December 18th 1994: Left Bergen for Långnäs. December 21st 1994: Arrived at Långnäs. December 1994: Commenced service between Långnäs - Nådendal.
© Dirk Jankowsky
December 1995: Sold to Bastø Fosen AS, Trondheim, Norway and renamed HOLGER STJERN. December 1995: Arrived at Drammen Ship Repairs, Drammen. Rebuilt in readiness for her new services.
© Marko Stampehl
September 15th 1998: A planned sale to Litorina Line for their service between Västervik - Visby - Ventspils, fell through. June 1999: Sold to Meridiano S.r.L. Genoa, Italy and renamed HOLGER. June 1999: Commenced service between Reggio di Calabria - Messina. 2001: Home port changed to Reggio di Calabria. September 2004 - She was laid up in Reggio di Calabria
 
© Matt Murtland
2005: Sold to OrsaSea Tasimicilik ve Ticaret, Istanbul, Turkey and renamed MELTEM G. 2008: After damage, repairs to port side bridge-wing at Istanbul Shipyard.
© Ivan Meshkov
April 2009: Sold to unknown Turkish buyers and renamed LIDER AVRASYA 
© Gerolf Drebes
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