SNCF Champs Elysées was built in 1984 by
Chantiers Dubigeon, Prairie-au-Duc,
Nantes, for
SNCF's
Calais to
Dover services, which were shared with their
Sealink partners. She also operated between
Boulogne and Dover. In 1990, ownership of
Champs Elysées was transferred to Societé Propietaire des Navaires (SPN), in which Stena Line took a 49% interest (Stena having acquired the UK-owned Sealink operation).
SPN In 1990, ownership of
Champs Elysées was transferred to Societé Propietaire des Navaires (SPN), in which Stena Line took a 49% interest (Stena having acquired the UK-owned Sealink operation).
Champs Elysées was transferred to the
Newhaven-
Dieppe service, which at that time was run by SPN.
Stena Sealink In 1992
Champs Elysées was chartered to Sealink Stena Line when they took over the Newhaven-Dieppe service, for which she was renamed
Stena Parisien. In 1997 the charter was ended, and
Stena Parisien entered service between Dover-Calais for SeaFrance as
SeaFrance Manet.
SeaFrance in July 2005 In 1997, the Stena Line charter was ended, and
Stena Parisien entered service between Dover-Calais for
SeaFrance as the
SeaFrance Manet. In 1999, Stena Line sold their 49% back to SPN. On 27 December 2007,
SeaFrance announced that they have purchased a new vessel to replace both the
Seafrance Manet and
Seafrance Renoir. The
SeaFrance Manet was retained by SeaFrance as a spare vessel in the fleet, until 2009. 29 April 2008 saw the final sailing of
SeaFrance Manet between Dover – Calais. Afterwards, she was laid up in Calais.
Stena Line in April 2011 On 8 July 2009,
Stena Line officially announced they were purchasing the
SeaFrance Manet to operate on their Belfast – Stranraer route. After a comprehensive refit she joined the and in the autumn of 2009. In March 2011, Stena Line announced the
Stena Navigator and her running partners on the Belfast – Stranraer route ( and ) were to be replaced in autumn 2011 by the and chartered from Estonian ferry operator
Tallink. The
Stena Navigator was withdrawn from service with on 16 November 2011.
Baleària Three months after the closure of the Stranraer route, The
Stena Navigator departed Belfast on 17 February bound for the Astander shipyard in Santander. The vessel was repainted in the Baleària livery and renamed
Daniya. She entered service for Balaeria during April operating out of Denia on the routes San Antonio–Palma and San Antonio–Barcelona, with much of her Stena interior still in place. In November 2013, Daniya was renamed
Poeta Lòpez Anglada and moved to the Algeciras–Ceuta route. She was quickly moved on to the Alcudia-Ciutadella route before returning to the Algeciras–Ceuta route in July 2014. In February 2016 the ship was fitted with a new bow ramp to improve the loading and discharge of vehicles. The work was carried out at Astilleros del Guadalquivir in Seville. At the same time she was also surveyed and repainted. ==Sister ship==