Built at
Chantiers de France, Dunkerque and completed in 1983 as the
Stena Jutlandica she sailed for
Stena Line between
Gothenburg and
Frederikshavn until 1996 when she was replaced by a new ferry of the same name. She was transferred to Stena Line's UK operation for service between
Dover and
Calais. Prior to entering service on this route she was refitted to allow vehicles to enter her upper vehicle deck through the bow and stern. During this refit she was renamed
Stena Empereur. When P&O European Ferries and Stena Line's Dover-Calais operations merged she kept her Stena name for a short time before being renamed
P&OSL Provence in 1998. When P&O bought Stena Line's share of
P&O Stena Line in 2002 the P&OSL Provence briefly carried the name
PO Provence before being repainted in the new
P&O Ferries livery and becoming the
Pride of Provence in 2003. In late 2004 she was withdrawn from service and laid up for sale as part of a business review. She was sold to
GA Ferries of
Greece and became the
Alkmini A. Despite undergoing a refit for GA Ferries she never entered service with them but was instead chartered to
Kystlink of
Norway. She is now named
Pride of Telemark. In 2007, she collided with the harbour at Hirtshals. She was repaired and continued her service. In September 2011 the
Pride of Telemark departed
Farsund for breaking up at the Indian port of
Alang It has been confirmed that Pride of Telemark was beached at Alang on 27 October 2011. ==Routes served==