MS Superfast X

The SeaFrance Moliere at sea
History
Name:	2002–07: Superfast X 2007–08: Jean Nicoli 2008–12: SeaFrance Molière 2012: Molière 2012–14: Dieppe Seaways 2014–present: Stena Superfast X
Owner:	2002–07: Superfast Ferries 2007–08: Veolia Transport 2008–12: Sarl Poquelin Bail/SeaFrance 2012–14: Scapino Shipping Ltd 2014–present: Stena North Sea Ltd
Operator:	2002–07: Superfast Ferries 2007: SNCM 2007: COTUNAV 2007: ANEK Lines 2008–12: SeaFrance Nov 2012 – Nov 2014: DFDS Dec 2014 – present: Stena Line
Port of registry:	2002–07: Piraeus,  Greece 2007–08: Ajaccio,  France 2008–12: Calais,  France 2012: Valletta, Malta 2012–15: Le Havre, France 2015–present:Cardiff, GB
Route:	Dover–Calais (Until November 2014) Holyhead–Dublin (From March 2015)
Builder:	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Germany
Yard number:	360
Launched:	18 November 2000
Christened:	26 February 2002 by Patricia Lederer
Acquired:	26 February 2002
In service:	27 February 2002
Identification:	IMO number: 9211511 Call sign: FNKG MMSI number: 226269000
Status:	In Service
General characteristics (as Superfast X)
Class and type:	Superfast VII class fast ropax ferry
Tonnage:	30,285 GT 5,295 DWT
Length:	203.30 m (667 ft)
Beam:	25.00 m (82 ft)
Draught:	6.50 m (21 ft 4 in)
Ice class:	1 A Super
Installed power:	4 × Wärtsilä-Sulzer NSD ZA V40S diesels combined 46,000 kW
Propulsion:	2 propellers
Speed:	30.4 kn (56.30 km/h)
Capacity:	626 passengers (728 after 2004 refit) 653 cars 1,891 lane meters
General characteristics (as SeaFrance Molière)
Tonnage:	30,285 GT
Decks:	10
Speed:	28.4 kn (52.60 km/h)
Capacity:	1,200 passengers 660 cars 1,900 lane meters
Notes:	Otherwise the same as above

MS Stena Superfast X is a fast ropax ferry in service between Holyhead in the UK and Dublin in Ireland for Stena Line. She replaced Stena Nordica on the route in March 2015. The ferry was refurbished in Gdańsk, Poland for her new service and was returned to her original design before her SeaFrance career and looks identical to her sisters Stena Superfast VII & VIII. Before November 2014 she operated between Dover and Calais for DFDS Seaways France and between 2008 and 2012 for SeaFrance.

The Superfast X was the last ship in a series of four identical ice classed fast ferries built by HDW for Superfast Ferries' new Baltic Sea services. She was launched on 18 November 2000, on the same date as her sisters Superfast VII and Superfast IX The Superfast X was delivered to her owners on 26 February 2002 and christened on the same date by Patricia Lederer, wife of the HDW project director for the Superfast ships.

The Superfast X entered service for Superfast Ferries on 27 February 2002 on the Hanko– route. She remained on that route until 19 April 2002, when she was laid up in Kiel at HDW. On 17 May 2002, she re-entered service, on the Rosyth–Zeebrugge route. In January and February 2004, the Superfast X was rebuilt at Fosen Mekaniske Verksted, Fosen, Norway with additional passenger berths. On 7 August 2006, Superfast Ferries announced it had sold the Superfast X to Veolia Transport for Euro 112 million. The ship was delivered to her new owners on 12 February 2007 and renamed Jean Nicoli.

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