Finnpartner - Sveaborg - Peer Gynt - Stena Baltica (2) - Ialyssos
 
 
This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Finnlines vessel Finnpartner of 1966, which later served as the Trave-Line ferry Sveaborg.
 
Finnpartner was a sistership of Finnhansa and was delivered in 1966 by Oy Wärtsilä Ab, Helsinki to Finnlines, for the route Helsinki-Slite/Nynäshamn-Karlskrona-Lübeck service. Other sisters were the Prins Ferries' Prins Hamlet and Commodore Cruise Lines' Bohème. In 1968 she was sold to Oy Svea Line (Finland), owned by Stockholms Rederi Ab Svea and chartered back to Finnlines. In 1969 she was renamed Sveaborg for the Trave Line service Helsingborg-Copenhagen-Trävemünde. In 1972 Sveaborg was sold to the parent company Stockholms Rederi Ab Svea. She was renamed Peer Gynt in 1977, and chartered to Aarhus-Oslo Line (J.A. Reinecke, Hamburg). The following year she was sold to Stena Line AB and renamed Stena Baltica (2), for use as an accommodation ship for North Sea oil workers. In 1982 she was sold for Greek service between Rhodes-Piraeus as the Ialyssos of Dane Sea Lines. Ialyssos was sold in 2002, and renamed Noura I, but was scrapped in India the following year.
 
 
Ship Names on this Page:-
Finnpartner - Finnlines: 1966-69
Sveaborg - Trave Line: 1969-77
Peer Gynt - Aarhus-Oslo Line: 1977-78
Stena Baltica (2) - Stena Line: 1978-82
Ialyssos - Dane Sea Lines: 1982-2002
Noura I - 2002-2003
 
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Finnpartner (1)
(Finnlines: 1966-1969)
 
Finnpartner was a sistership of Finnhansa and was delivered in 1966 by Oy Wärtsilä Ab, Helsinki, for the route Helsinki-Slite/Nynäshamn-Karlskrona-Lübeck service. In 1968 she was sold to Oy Svea Line (Finland), owned by Stockholms Rederi Ab Svea and chartered back to Finnlines. In 1969 she was renamed Sveaborg for the Trave Line service Helsingborg-Copenhagen-Trävemünde.
 
 
Official Finnlines postcard of Finnpartner.
 
Gotlandskonst postcard 24500 of Finnpartner.
 
 
 
 
 
Sveaborg
(Trave-Line: 1969-1977)
 
Sveaborg was built as the Finnpartner (her sistership was Finnhansa) and was delivered in 1966 by Oy Wärtsilä Ab, Helsinki, to Finnlines for the route Helsinki-Slite/Nynäshamn-Karlskrona-Lübeck service. In 1968 she was sold to Oy Svea Line (Finland), owned by Stockholms Rederi Ab Svea and chartered back to Finnlines. In 1969 she was renamed Sveaborg for the Trave-Line service Helsingborg-Copenhagen-Trävemünde. In 1972 Sveaborg was sold to the parent company Stockholms Rederi Ab Svea. She was renamed Peer Gynt in 1977, and chartered to Aarhus-Oslo Line. The following year she was sold to Stena Line AB and renamed Stena Baltica, for use as an accommodation ship for North Sea oil workers. In 1982 she was sold for Greek service between Rhodes-Piraeus as the Ialyssos.
 
 
Two very similar official Trave-Line (Scandinavian Ferry Lines) postcards of Sveaborg.
 
 
Schöning postcard Tra816 of Sveaborg.
 
 
 
 
 
Peer Gynt
(Aarhus-Oslo Line: 1977-78)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stena Baltica (2)
(Stena Line: 1978-82)
 
 
Photogrph of Stena Baltica.
Photo: © Rickard Sahlsten.
Scan supplied by Fakta om Fartyg.
 
Photogrph of Stena Baltica at Göteborg.
Photo: © Rickard Sahlsten.
Scan supplied by Fakta om Fartyg.
 
Photogrph of Stena Baltica at Göteborg.
Photo: © Peter Asklander.
Scan supplied by Fakta om Fartyg.
 
Postcard of Stena Scandinavica at Göteborg, with Stena Baltica in the left background.
 
 
 
Ialyssos
(Dane Sea Lines: 1982-2002)
 
Stena Baltica (2) was sold in 1982 for Greek service between Rhodes-Piraeus as the Ialyssos of Dane Sea Lines. Ialyssos was sold in 2002, and renamed Noura I, but was scrapped in India the following year.
 
 
Photograph of Ialyssos on delivery.
Photo: © Cees De Bijl
 
A.Duncan photographic postcard of Ialyssos on delivery.
 
An official Dane Sea Lines postcard of Ialyssos.
 
An official Dane Sea Lines postcard of Ialyssos.
Scan: Fotis Marinelis.
 
A.Duncan photographic postcard of Ialyssos.
 
Photograph of Ialyssos at Piraeus.
Photo: © Fotis Marinelis.
 
Photo: © Frank Heine.
Scan supplied by Fakta om Fartyg.
 
Photo: © Pieter Inpijn.
Scan supplied by Fakta om Fartyg.
 
Postcard of Ialyssos (front) and sister Kamiros at Rodos.
 
Enlarged image from postcard of Ialyssos (front) and sister Kamiros.
 
Further enlarged image from postcard of Ialyssos (front) and sister Kamiros.
 
Postcard of Ialyssos (third from front) and sister Kamiros at Piraeus.
 
Enlarged image of postcard of Ialyssos (third from front) and sister Kamiros.
 
 
 
 
 
Noura I
(2002-2003)
 
Ialyssos was sold in 2002, and renamed Noura I, but was scrapped in India the following year.
 
 
Photograph of Noura I.
 
 
 
 
 
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