Farewell to Stena's HSS

摘要

The end of an era came quietly on 9 September 2014 as Stena Line's Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire summer route operated by HSS Stena Explorer undertook what was to be her final Ireland-Wales sailing, Stena's decision to axe the central Irish Sea corridor route was the ferry industry's worst kept secret considering the festive and New Year sailings were cancelled. So it came as no surprise when Stena finally announced in February the permanent closure of the service, meaning no sailings in 2015 on the route that began 170 years ago.