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The ''Scandinavia'' was a cruiseferry owned and operated by Polish shipping company Polferries. The vessel saild overnight between the Polish city of Gdańsk and Nynäshamn in Sweden. The ''Scandinavia'' is the first of two sister ships built. The second vessel currently operates for SNAV as the ''SNAV Toscana''. ==History== The ''Scandinavia'' was launched in January 1980 as the ''Visby'' for Rederi AB Gotland. She was the first of two identical ships built by Öresundsvarvet in Landskrona. The ''Visby'' entered service between Gotland and the Swedish mainland ports of Nynäshamn and Oskarshamn. In 1987 the contract to run ferry services to Gotland was awarded to Gotlandslinjen. The ''Visby'' was charted to the new operator until replaced by the ''Nord Gotlandia'' in 1990.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = Simplon Postcards )〕 In 1990 the ''Visby'' was chartered to United Kingdom based ferry operator Sealink British Ferries for service between Fishguard and Rosslare. Following a major refit in Tilbury the vessel entered service in March 1990 as the ''Felicity''. She remained the largest ferry on the Irish Sea until the arrival of the ''Isle of Innisfree'' in 1995. The ''Felicity'' was renamed ''Stena Felicity'' in 1991 following the acquisition of Sealink British Ferries by Stena Line. The Felicity's cinema was on one of the lowest deck, and close to the centre of the vessel between port and starboard, fore and aft. Adjacent were separate male and female saunas with jacuzzis. Either was an ideal place to cross the St George's Channel in stormy weather because, being so low down and close to the centre of the ship, the rough sea state had very little effect. As there were few customers for the saunas and jacuzzis, the staff facilitated couples in using a single sauna and jacuzzi. In 1997 the charter of the ''Stena Felicity'' ended. Her place on the Fishguard route was taken by the ''Koningin Beatrix''. Following a rebuild in Germany, the vessel re-entered Gotland service in 1998 under her original name of ''Visby''. In 2003 the ''Visby'' was renamed ''Visborg'' to release her name for a new vessel under construction in China. In 2003 she was sold to Polferries and renamed ''Scandinavia'' for service between Gdansk and Nynäshamn. Last trip between Nynäshamn and Gdansk 8 May 2015 Sold to Ventouris Ferries and will be renamed to ''Rigel II'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MS Scandinavia (1980)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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