# Lion Ferry

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{{Short description|Swedish ferry company}}
{{Infobox company
| name             = Lion Ferry Ab
| logo             = Lion ferry logo.png
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| fate             = Rebranded as [Stena Line](/source/Stena_Line)
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| foundation       = 1959
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| defunct          = 1998
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| location         = [Halmstad](/source/Halmstad), Sweden
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| area_served      = [Kattegat](/source/Kattegat)
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| services         = Passenger transportation<br />Freight transportation
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| parent           = 1959–1985: [Bonnier Group](/source/Bonnier_Group)<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.kommandobryggan.se/Bryggan/lion.htm |title = Lion Ferry}}</ref><br />1985–1998: [Stena Line](/source/Stena_Line)
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thumb|''Lion Prince'', a ferry of Lion Ferry in Sweden
'''Lion Ferry''' was a Swedish ferry company which operated passenger and freight ferry services in [Scandinavia](/source/Scandinavia) and North America.

==History==
In 1960 The ''Prins Bertil'' entered service between [Halmstad](/source/Halmstad) in Sweden and the Danish port of [Aarhus](/source/Aarhus). The company acquired Norwegian ferry operator Europafergen in 1965.

Between 1970 and 1976 Lion operated a route between [Portland, Maine](/source/Portland%2C_Maine) and [Yarmouth, Nova Scotia](/source/Yarmouth%2C_Nova_Scotia) using the [''Prince of Fundy''](/source/MV_Reine_Mathilde). In 1973 it started a joint venture with [Irish Shipping](/source/Irish_Shipping) to form [Irish Continental Line](/source/Irish_Ferries) and in 1985 was acquired by [Stena Line](/source/Stena_Line)

In 1995 the company began to operate between [Karlskrona](/source/Karlskrona) in Sweden and [Gdynia](/source/Gdynia) in Poland route in 1995. In 1997 Lion Ferry services were rebranded as Stena Line.

==Routes==
Lion Ferry operated various routes during its 39 years in operation.
* [Halmstad](/source/Halmstad) – [Aarhus](/source/Aarhus)
* [Halmstad](/source/Halmstad) – [Grenå](/source/Gren%C3%A5)
* [Varberg](/source/Varberg) – [Grenå](/source/Gren%C3%A5)
* [Karlskrona](/source/Karlskrona) – [Gdynia](/source/Gdynia)
* [Portland, Maine](/source/Portland%2C_Maine) – [Yarmouth, Nova Scotia](/source/Yarmouth%2C_Nova_Scotia)
* [Bremerhaven](/source/Bremerhaven) – [Harwich](/source/Harwich) (marketed as Prinzen Line)

==Fleet==
Lion Ferry operated many vessels during its time in operation.

{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! Name
! Built
! In service with Lion
! Tonnage
! Notes
|-
| MS ''Prins Bertil'' || 1960 || 1960–1964 || 2,355 [GRT](/source/Gross_register_tonnage) || Chartered in 1964 to Red AB Nordö as M/S Calmar Nyckel. Sold 1965 to Red AB Nordö. 
|-
| MS ''Prins Bertil'' || 1964 || 1964–1966 || 3,625 GRT || Sold to [Canadian National](/source/Canadian_National_Railway) in 1966 and renamed ''Leif Eirikson''.
|-
| MS ''Varberg'' || 1940 || 1964–1966 || 1,217 GRT ||
|-
| MS ''Europafergen'' || 1960 || 1965–1978 || 2,209 GRT ||
|-
| MS ''Gustav Vasa'' || 1965 || 1965–1971 || 3,801 GRT || Broken up in 2004.
|-
| MS ''Kronprins Carl Gustaf'' || 1966 || 1966–1971 || 3,801 GRT ||
|-
| MS ''Prins Hamlet'' || 1966 || 1966–1969 || 8,687 GRT || Broken up in 2002.
|-
| MS ''Europafärjan II'' || 1964 || 1970–1976 || 2,498 GRT ||
|-
| MS ''Prins Oberon'' || 1970 || 1970–1978 || 7,993 GRT || Has since operated as casino ship ''Ambassador II'' in [Florida](/source/Florida).
|-
| [MS ''Prince of Fundy''](/source/MV_Reine_Mathilde) || 1970 || 1970–1978 || 5,464 GRT || Broken up in 2005.
|-
| [MS ''Gustav Vasa''](/source/MV_Logos_Hope) || 1973 || 1973–1983 || 7,457 GRT || Converted to book ship ''Logos Hope'' 
|-
| MS ''Svealand'' || 1973 || 1973–1982 || 5,159 GRT || Has since operated in the [Adriatic Sea](/source/Adriatic_Sea) as the ''Seatrade''
|-
| MS ''Europafärjan III'' || 1974 || 1974–1983 || 4,774 GRT || Has since been operated by [Corsica Ferries](/source/Corsica_Ferries) as the ''Corsica Serena Seconda''
|-
| [MS ''Europafärjan''](/source/MS_Bohus)<br />[MS ''Europafärjan II''](/source/MS_Bohus)<br />[MS ''Lion Princess''](/source/MS_Bohus) || 1971 || 1983–1985<br />1985–1987<br />1987–1994 || 8,772 GRT || Has since operated for [Color Line](/source/Color_Line_(ferry_operator)) as ''Bohus''
|-
| MS ''Lion Queen'' || 1967 || 1988–1989<br />1994–1997 || 14,193 GRT || Scrapped in Alang in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web | title=New Century Tours Corporation Pte Ltd | url=http://www.nctoursonline.com/cruise/cruises-amusementworld2.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309130124/http://www.nctoursonline.com/cruise/cruises-amusementworld2.htm | access-date=2025-09-07 | archive-date=2007-03-09 | url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| MS ''Europafärjan I''<br />MS ''Lion Prince'' || 1969 || 1985–1987<br />1987–1997 || 5,679 GRT || 
|-
| [MS ''Lion King''](/source/MS_Stena_Nautica)<br />[MS ''Lion King II''](/source/MS_Stena_Nautica) || 1986 || 1995–1996<br />1996 || 11,763 GRT || Has since served on the Varberg – Grenå route as the ''Stena Nautica'' 
|-
| [MS ''Lion King''](/source/MS_Regina_Della_Pace) || 1979 || 1996–1997 || 10,604 GRT || 
|-
| [MS ''Lion Europe''](/source/MS_Stena_Europe) || 1981 || 1997 || 14,378 GRT || Has since served with [Stena Line](/source/Stena_Line) as ''Stena Europe''
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

Category:Ferry companies of Sweden
Category:Defunct companies of Sweden
Category:20th century in Halland County
Category:Halmstad

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