MS ''Regula'' is a passenger and vehicle ferry built in Germany by

Meyer Werft Meyer Werft (; ) is a German shipbuilding company, headquartered in Papenburg at the river Ems. It was founded in 1795, as a builder of small wooden vessels. It has been owned and managed by the Meyer family for seven generations. Since ...

and launched in 1971. She was initially operated by LB ferries on the

Helsingør–Helsingborg ferry route The Helsingør–Helsingborg ferry route ("HH route") is a shipping route connecting Helsingør (Elsinore), Denmark and Helsingborg, Sweden across the northern, and narrowest part of the Øresund. Due to the short distance, which is less tha ...

between Denmark and Sweden. Regula was the second of three identical sister vessels, and had an initial capacity of 800 passengers and 75 cars. After 26 years of service in Scandinavia, in 1997 Regula was sold to Saaremaa Shipping Company of

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

to serve its routes between the Estonian mainland and the islands of

Saaremaa Saaremaa (; ) is the largest and most populous island in Estonia. Measuring , its population is 31,435 (as of January 2020). The main island of the West Estonian archipelago (Moonsund archipelago), it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hi ...

and

Hiiumaa Hiiumaa ( , ) is the second largest island in Estonia and is part of the West Estonian archipelago, in the Baltic Sea. It has an area of 989 km2 and is 22 km from the Estonian mainland. Its largest town is Kärdla. It is located within ...

in the

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North European Plain, North and Central European Plain regions. It is the ...

. Both ''Regula'' and operations on the island routes were taken over by TS Laevad in 2016. Since the introduction of new, larger ferries on the routes in 2017, ''Regula'' has been used primarily as a reserve ferry. ''Regula'' is expected to retire from service in April 2027.ERR News. ''All bids for Estonia's fifth major islands ferry too expensive.''
Retrieved 13 March 2025.

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