Stena Europe

Kronprinsessan Victoria was built in 1981 for Rederi Ab Göteborg-Frederikshavn Linjen (Sessan Linjen) by Götaverken Arendal Ab, Göteborg. Kronprinsessan Victoria entered service between Göteborg-Frederikshavn in April 1981. Her sistership was Prinsessan Birgitta. Soon afterwards, Stena Line AB acquired a majority share ownership in Sessan Linjen. Kronprinsessan Victoria was rebuilt as a day/night ferry and transferred to the Göteborg-Kiel route. Additional Göteborg-Frederikshavn sailings were still made in summer.

In 1988, Kronprinsessan Victoria was renamed Stena Saga, and received a block of new cabins on the upper deck. She transferred to routes connecting Oslo-Frederikshavn-Göteborg. The block of additional cabines was removed in 1994 when Stena Saga transferred to the more exposed Harwich-Hook of Holland route as the Stena Europe, swapping routes and her name with the larger Stena Britannica (3) which had been uneconomic at Harwich. In 1997 Stena Europe transferred to the Karlskrona-Gdynia route as Lion Europe, when replaced by HSS Stena Discovery. She reverted back to the name Stena Europe the following year, when Stena dropped the Lion Ferry marketing name. In 2002 Stena Europe replaced the Koningin Beatrix on Fishguard-Rosslare services.

Fishguard Harbour

The harbour was constructed by blasting 1.6 million tonnes of rock from the hillside to make a 900 m long breakwater. The quarried-out area became the quay. The harbour was finally opened on August 30, 1906. Planned to be the end of the Great Western Railway's line and its major sea port, replacing Neyland, problems with the harbour (known as Fishguard Harbour) prevented larger ocean liners from docking. Accordingly the harbour has a smaller inner breakwater protecting the remaining open side.

RMS Mauretania visited once in 1909 although passengers had to board by tender when transferring to and from the London train. The smaller breakwater was built as part of the preparations for the visit of the RMS Mauretania and is sometimes known as the "Mauretania Mole". The breakwater lead to unanticipated silting, and the prospect of future visits from larger liners was abandoned. Directly above the harbour is a small estate known as "Harbour Village", built to house workers during the construction of the harbour.

The port now accommodates a ferry and seasonal fast catamaran service to Rosslare operated by Stena Line.

The RNLI operate an all weather Trent class lifeboat, the Blue Peter VII, and a class D inshore lifeboat from within the harbour.