Cotentin is a ROPAX ferry owned and operated by Brittany Ferries between Poole and Cherbourg from January until March 2021 and then Portsmouth and Le Havre from March 2021 until June 2021. She previously operated for Brittany Ferries between 2007 and 2013 between Poole–Cherbourg before being chartered to Stena Line as Stena Baltica serving the route between Gdynia and Karlskrona. The vessel was constructed by Aker Finnyards in Finland and delivered to Brittany Ferries on 9 November 2007. Cotentin sails under the French flag and is registered in Morlaix. The ship's gross tonnage is 22,308. Description Cotentin is a ROPAX ferry that is long overall with a beam of and a draught of . The vessel has a , a and measures . Cotentin is powered by two MaK diesel engines creating a combined . This gives the vessel a maximum speed of . The ferry has capacity for 213 passengers and is equipped with 216 cabins and has 10 decks. Cotentin has the ability to carry 120 freight vehicles and has 2,188 lane meters of vehicle storage area. Construction and service Brittany Ferries service The vessel was ordered on 2 August 2005 for construction by Aker Finnyards in Finland for Brittany Ferries. The vessel was named after the Cotentin Peninsula of France of which Cherbourg is the largest town. Sea trials commenced on 26 September 2007, after which she returned to the shipyard for completion. She was delivered to Brittany Ferries on 9 November 2007 and undertook berthing trials in Portsmouth and Poole on 14 November 2007 prior to sailing to her homeport of Cherbourg arriving the next day. The ship was christened and her first commercial sailing was the 23:45 Cherbourg–Poole service on 26 November 2007. Cotentin replaced on weekday Poole–Cherbourg sailings. Poole–Cherbourg Poole–Santander Weekend service An October 2006 article in International Freighting Weekly included comments from a Brittany Ferries executive which suggested that the ship would be placed on the Poole–Cherbourg route and that the timetable currently operated by would be amended to give more "social" departure times, specifically changing the 02:00 summer time departure from Cherbourg. Up to mid-July 2007 the Brittany Ferries Freight timetable showed a two-ship service on Poole–Cherbourg after the delivery of Cotentin, and no Portsmouth–Cherbourg sailings, indicating the company's intention to place the ship on the Poole–Cherbourg route alongside . Newspaper articles covering the launch of the vessel stated that the vessel