''Sirena Seaways'' (previously named ''Baie de Seine'', ''Dana Sirena'' and MS ''Golfo Dei Delfini'') is a

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ferry that as of April 2025 operates for

DFDS Seaways DFDS Seaways is a Danish shipping company that operates passenger and freight services across northern Europe. Following the acquisition of Norfolkline in 2010, DFDS restructured its other shipping divisions (DFDS Tor Line and DFDS Lisco) in ...

, operates again between

Kapellskär Kapellskär () is a port about north of Stockholm, in Sweden. It is located by the Baltic Sea, in Norrtälje Municipality, Stockholm County. Services The port was served by frequent passenger ferry services to Mariehamn, Åland, Finland, operate ...

and

Paldiski Paldiski is a seaside Populated places in Estonia, town in northwestern Estonia, located on the Pakri Peninsula and adjacent Pakri Islands, Pakri islands in the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. It is the administrative centre of the Lääne- ...

. The vessel previously operated for

between

Klaipėda Klaipėda ( ; ) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. It is the List of cities in Lithuania, third-largest city in Lithuania, the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, fifth-largest city in the Baltic States, and the capi ...

and

Karlshamn Karlshamn () is a locality and the seat of Karlshamn Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden. It had 13,576 inhabitants in 2015, out of 31,846 in the municipality. Karlshamn received a Royal Charter and city privileges in 1664, when King Charles ...

, as well as between

and

, and before that between

Esbjerg Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport city and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban area, urban population of 71,554 (1 January ...

and

Harwich Harwich is a town in Essex, England, and one of the Haven ports on the North Sea coast. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the north-east, Ipswich to the north-west, Colchester to the south-west and Clacton-o ...

. Between 2015 and 2020, the vessel operated as Baie de Seine for

Brittany Ferries Brittany Ferries is the trading name of the French shipping company, BAI Bretagne Angleterre Irlande S.A. founded in 1973 by Alexis Gourvennec, that operates a fleet of ferries and cruiseferries between France, England, Ireland, Spain and the ...

on a variety of different routes between

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, and

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History

Initially christened MS ''Golfo Dei Delfini'', the ferry was acquired by

before entering service as ''Dana Sirena''. She was rebuilt with extra passenger accommodations to be operated on the

Parkeston Quay Harwich International Port is a North Sea seaport in Essex, England, and one of the Haven ports. It lies on the south bank of the River Stour upstream from the town of Harwich, opposite the Port of Felixstowe. The port was formerly known as ...

route. The hull is constructed of steel with an aluminum alloy superstructure. As ''Sirena Seaways'', the ship had space for 623 passengers and 423 cars. Her sistership, , formerly ''Dana Gloria'' was also owned by DFDS. She was serviced and repainted in February 2013. During this time the ship was renamed ''Sirena Seaways''. On 22 June 2013, the ship collided with the dock at Parkeston Quay, which resulted in puncture holes in the hull below the water line. Although passengers were stranded on board the ship for two hours, the leak was brought under control, and there were no serious injuries. The Harwich to Esbjerg route ceased on 29 September 2014 due to loss of passenger traffic. DFDS Seaways closed the route to cut operating costs in order to make the company more competitive. As a result, Sirena Seaways was deployed elsewhere on the DFDS Seaways network. Later, DFDS Seaways reported that ''Sirena Seaways'' was to be moved to other routes such as the

–

route between Estonia and Sweden. It began on this route on 6 October 2014. The ferry was laid-up in

Gdańsk Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...

during the winter of 2014/15. She received new gas-filters to meet new European regulations covering

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emissions. After the fitting of new gas filters, ''Sirena Seaways'' briefly entered service between

and

. In 2015,

chartered ''Sirena Seaways'', announcing that she would be named ''Baie de Seine'', and that she would have a livery similar to that of ''Étretat'' for use on the Brittany Ferries' "économie" service. ''Baie de Seine'' entered service on 9 May 2015 with a freight-only sailing between

and

Bilbao Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Provinces of Spain, province of Biscay and in the Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the List o ...

. The ferry's first passenger service with Brittany Ferries was on 11 May, between Portsmouth and

Le Havre Le Havre is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the Seine, river Seine on the English Channel, Channe ...

. During the charter to Brittany Ferries, ''Baie de Seine'' operated between Portsmouth and Le Havre, whilst also operating some services between Portsmouth and Spain (Bilbao and Santander). In 2017, Brittany Ferries announced that ''Baie de Seine'' would return to DFDS Seaways in 2020 and would be replaced by a new vessel ordered from China, to be named '' Galicia''. The routes would be covered by another chartered vessel,

Connemara Connemara ( ; ) is a region on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of western County Galway, in the west of Ireland. The area has a strong association with traditional Irish culture and contains much of the Connacht Irish-speaking Gaeltacht, ...

, while they waited for ''Galicia''. In March 2020, ''Baie de Seine'' left Brittany Ferries and returned to DFDS Seaways, reverting to her former name, ''Sirena Seaways''. She was transferred to the

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

n flag, with the home port of Klaipėda, and repainted in the new DFDS colour scheme. As of April 2020, Sirena Seaways returned to service between Klaipėda and Karlshamn.

Routes

Under DFDS *

2002–2014 *

–

2014 *

2015, 2020–present * Kappelskär to

now Under Brittany Ferries *

2015–2020 *Portsmouth to

2015–2020 *Portsmouth to Santander 2015–2020

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sirena Seaways Ferries of England Ferries of Denmark DFDS 2001 ships