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This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Stena Line ship Stena Timer, which since 1981 has been the Loreto of Mexican company Transbordadores (later Sematur).

 

Loreto was built as the Stena Timer in 1977. She was one of a series of Stena ro-ro ferries built on the Danube in Austria, and completed after being towed downstream. She was delivered as the Jaguar, for charter use on P&O's Pandoro service between Fleetwood and Larne, but was renamed Stena Timer in 1978 at the end of the Pandoro charter. She subsequently served under this name on the routes Göteborg-Kiel (Stena Line), Stranraer-Larne (Sealink charter) and Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire (Sealink charter). She was sold to Mexico in 1981, and renamed Loreto, initially owned by state-owned Secretaria de Communicaciones Y Transportes Sevicio de Transbordadores Direction General (Transbordadores). Loreto entered Mexican service between La Paz and Topolobambo. In 1989, ownership of Transbordadores passed to Grupo Sematur de California (Sematur). In April 2002, Loreto was laid up in Mazatlan. Loreto was sold to the United Arab Emirates in April 2004, and will be renamed Ajman 2.

 

 

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Stena Timer

(Stena Line: 1977,1978-81)

 

Stena Timer was built in 1977. She was one of a series of Stena ro-ro ferries built on the Danube in Austria, and completed after being towed downstream. She was delivered as the Jaguar, for charter use on P&O's Pandoro service between Fleetwood and Larne, but was renamed Stena Timer in 1978 at the end of the Pandoro charter. She was sold to Mexico in 1981, and renamed Loreto.

 

 

Photograph of Stena Timer on delivery in 1977.

Photo: Rickard Sahlsten.

Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.

 

Photograph of Stena Timer after 1978.

Photo: © Frank Heine.

Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.

 

Photograph of Stena Timer after 1978.

Photo: © Lennart Ramsvik.

Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.

 

Photograph of Stena Timer.

Photo: © Bertil Söderberg.

Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.

 

 

 

 

 

Jaguar

(Pandoro: 1977-78)

 

 

Jaguar was built as the Stena Timer in 1977. She was one of a series of Stena ro-ro ferries built on the Danube in Austria, and completed after being towed downstream. She was delivered as the Jaguar, for charter use on P&O's Pandoro service between Fleetwood and Larne, but was renamed Stena Timer in 1978 at the end of the Pandoro charter.

 

 

Unidentified real photographic postcard of Jaguar when operating on the Pandoro Fleetwood-Larne service in 1977/78.

 

Peter Horsley real photographic postcard of Jaguar when operating on the Pandoro Fleetwood-Larne service in 1977/78.

 

 

 

 

 

Loreto

(Transbordadores: 1981-89)

(Sematur: 1989-2004)

 

Stena Timer was sold to Mexico in 1981, and renamed Loreto, initially owned by state-owned Secretaria de Communicaciones Y Transportes Sevicio de Transbordadores Direction General (Transbordadores). Loreto entered Mexican service between La Paz and Topolobambo. In 1989, ownership of Transbordadores passed to Grupo Sematur de California (Sematur). In April 2002, Loreto was laid up in Mazatlan. Loreto was sold to the United Arab Emirates in April 2004, and will be renamed Ajman 2.

 

 

Photograph of Loreto.

Photo: © Frank Heine.

Scan: Fakta om Fartyg.

 

Loreto is shown below laid up at Mazatlan with Benito Juarez on 3rd April 2002 (photos by Ian Boyle).

 

Photo: Ian Boyle, Mazatlan, 3rd April 2002

 

Photo: Ian Boyle, Mazatlan, 3rd April 2002

 

Photo: Ian Boyle, Mazatlan, 3rd April 2002

 

Photo: Ian Boyle, Mazatlan, 3rd April 2002

 

Photo: Ian Boyle, Mazatlan, 3rd April 2002

 

Photo: Ian Boyle, Mazatlan, 3rd April 2002

 

Photograph of Mazatlan terminal from above, showing Cimarron, Benito Juarez and Loreto (left-right)

 

Subsequently the Loreto re-entered service with a new Express Peninsular logo.

 

 

 

 

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