STENA LINE (Stena Express). HSC Stena Lynx III high-speed ferry

STENA LINE (Stena Express), Sweden. HSC Stena Lynx III high-speed ferry in Dublin (Ireland). Photo: William Murphy, 05.10.2008.
[Wave-piercing catamaran built in Australia by Incat in 1996. She briefly served on the English Channel for P&O Stena Line as HSC "Elite". In 1998 she was transferred to Stena Line's Fishguard - Rosslare service and renamed "Stena Lynx III". She has since operated this route on a seasonal basis, spending the winter laid-up, usually in Birkenhead. Stena Line purchased the vessel in 2004. The same year, she developed some serious technical problems, and spent a large part of the summer season out of service. She returned to her seasonal role the Southern Irish Sea on 14 May 2009, for another summer operating alongside the MS "Stena Europe". "Stena Lynx III" operated the Holyhead – Dún Laoghaire route running twice daily from 15 March 2010 until the end of May 2010, when the HSC "Stena Explorer" run the route once daily. She was laid up in Dún Laoghaire until 29 June 2010 when the vessel moved to Rosslare. She operated the from 10 July 2010 until September 2010.]

STENA LINE (Stena Express), Suecia. El ferry rápido HSC Stena Lynx III en Dublín (Irlanda). Foto: William Murphy, 05.10.2008.

STENA LINE (Stena Express), Suècia. El ferry ràpid HSC Stena Lynx III a Dublín (Irlanda). Foto: William Murphy, 05.10.2008.

STENA LINE (Stena Express), Suède. Le ferry rapide HSC Stena Lynx III à Dublin (Irlande). Photo: William Murphy, 05.10.2008.

STENA LINE (Stena Express), Svezia. Il ferry veloce HSC Stena Lynx III a Dublíno (Irlanda). Foto: William Murphy, 05.10.2008.

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