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MS ''Stena Saga'' is a cruiseferry owned by the Swedish shipping company Stena Line and operated mainly on their route connecting Oslo, Norway to Frederikshavn, Denmark. Every Monday morning she also sails between Göteborg, Sweden and Frederikshavn, Denmark. She was built as MS ''Silja 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''.〔 == Concept and construction == In the late 1970s Effoa and Rederi AB Svea, two of the owners of the Baltic Sea ferry operator Silja Line, made the decision to order two new, large car/passenger ferries for Silja Line's Helsinki–Stockholm service. The ships were designed to be much larger than the ships that were at the time sailing on the route (built in 1975) and they would be Silja Line's first genuine cruiseferries. During the 70s the French Dubegion-Normandie shipyard in Nantes had been Silja Line's shipyard of choice, with both previous generations of ferries for the Helsinki–Stockholm service built there.〔 (M/S ''Aallotar'' (1972) at Fakta om Fartyg ), retrieved 23. 8. 2007〕〔 (M/S ''Svea Corona'' (1975) at Fakta om Fartyg ), retrieved 23. 8. 2007〕 However for the new ships, the decision was made to build them in Finland at Wärtsilä Turku shipyards, that was at the time building several large ferries for Silja's main rivals Viking Line. Externally the new ships were quite typical ferries of the early 1980s, with large boxlike superstructures. An unusual feature on the ships was a two-deck high panorama window on the front of the superstructure, offering beautiful views over the ship's bow. On October 21, 1980 the second of Silja's new ships was launched at Wärtsilä's Perno shipyard. Subsequently she was towed to Wärtsilä's Turku shipyard where the construction was finished.〔 On April 28, 1981 the ship was named MS ''Silvia Regina'' by HM Queen Silvia of Sweden. Twelve days later the ship left on a two-day test drive, and finally on 10 June 1981 she was delivered to her new owners. Instead of being delivered directly to Rederi AB Svea, the ship's new owners were Suomen Yritysrahoitus, who chartered the ship immediately to Svea Line (Finland).〔 (M/S ''Silvia Regina'' (1981) at Valkeat Laivat )〕 Due to this arrangement the ship was registered in Helsinki and not Stockholm, the usual homeport of Rederi AB Svea's ships.〔 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 Stena Saga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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