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|Ship country         = 
|Ship flag            = [[File:Civil Ensign of the Bahamas.svg|80px]]
|Ship name            =*''Balder Sten'' 1985
*''Bazias 3'' 1985–1993
*''Sally Euroroute'' 1993–1996
*''Merle'' 1996–2000
*''Dart 3'' 2000–2006
*''Phocine'' 2006–2012
|Ship owner           =*K/S A/S Balder RO/RO No 2 1985
*Navrom 1985–1996
*Jacobs Holdings 1996–????
*Bid Corp Shipping ????–2006
*Dart 3 Ltd.
|Ship operator        =*K/S A/S Balder RO/RO No 2. 1985
*Navrom 1985–1991
*Sally Line 1991–1996
*Belfast Freight Ferries 1996–2000
*Dart Line 2000
*Norse Merchant Ferries 2000–2001
*Dart Line 2001–2006
*[[Cobelfret Ferries]] 2006–2007
*Isle of Man Steam Packet Company 2007
*Cobelfret Ferries 2007–2008
*Seatruck Ferries
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|Ship builder         = Santierul Naval Galatz SA, [[Romania]]
|Ship yard number     = 769
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|Ship completed       = December 1984
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|Ship homeport        = [[Hamilton, Bermuda|Hamilton]], [[Bermuda]]
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|Ship status          =  In service
|Ship identification  =*{{IMO Number|8009064}}
*Callsign ZCDH2
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|Ship tonnage         = 9,088 GT
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|Ship length          = {{convert|121.48|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam            = {{convert|21|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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|Ship draught         = {{convert|5.30|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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|Ship power           =*2 × [[Krupp]] 9M453AK 9 cylinder diesel engines,
*{{convert|7200|hp|kW|abbr=on}}
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|Ship speed           = {{convert|15.5|kn|km/h}}
|Ship capacity        =*12 passengers,
*{{convert|1272|m|ft||abbr=on}} freight lanes, 94 trailers.
|Ship crew            = 18
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The '''''Phocine''''' is a ferry owned by Dart 3 Ltd and currently in service with [[Seatruck Ferries]].

==History==
''Phocine'' was completed in 1984 as ''Balder Sten'', owned by K/S A/S Balder RO/RO No 2. She was sold to Navrom and renamed ''Bazias 3'' in 1985 and operated by them until 1991 when she was chartered to [[Sally Line]], being renamed ''Sally Euroroute'' in 1993<ref name=Ferry/> and used on the [[Ramsgate]]–[[Ostend]] route.<ref name=Simplon>{{cite web | url = http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Dart_3.html| publisher = Simplon Postcards| title = Dart 3| accessdate = 2008-04-30}}</ref>  In 1996 she was sold to Jacobs Holdings (Dart Line)<ref name=Ferry/> who used her on the [[Dartford]]–[[Vlissingen]] and Dartford–[[Zeebrugge]] routes,<ref name=Simplon/> renamed ''Merle'' and chartered to Belfast Freight Ferries until 2000, when she was renamed ''Dart 3'' and operated by Dart Line. At some point she was sold to Bid Corp Shipping. 

She was chartered to [[Norse Merchant Ferries]] in 2000<ref name=Ferry/> and used on the [[Belfast]]–[[Heysham]] route, returning to Dart Line in 2001. As well as her former routes with Dart Line, she was also used on the Dartford–[[Dunquerque]] route.<ref name=Lycos>{{cite web | url = http://members.lycos.nl/kashunja/Bazias3.htm| publisher = Lycos| title = M/v "Balder Sten" 1984| accessdate = 2008-04-30}}</ref> In 2006 she was sold to Dart 3 Ltd and renamed ''Phocine'' on charter to Cobelfret Ferries,<ref name=Ferry/> being used on the [[North Killingholme Haven]]–Zeebrugge route.<ref name=Lycos/> In 2007 she was on charter to the [[Isle of Man Steam Packet Company]], returning to Cobelfret later in the year<ref name=Ferry/> being used on the Ostend–[[Purfleet]] and Killingholme–Ostend routes.<ref name=Fakta>{{cite web | url = http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/balder_sten_1985.htm| publisher = Fakta om Fartyg| title =M/S Balder Sten.|language = Swedish| accessdate = 2008-04-30}}</ref> In 2008 she was chartered by [[Seatruck Ferries]]<ref name=Ferry>{{cite web | url = http://www.ferry-site.dk/ferry.php?id=8009064&lang=en| publisher = The Ferry Site| title = M/F Phocine| accessdate = 2008-04-30}}</ref> to replace [[MS Riverdance|''Riverdance'']], ''Phocine'' was herself due to be replaced by [[MS Clipper Point|''Clipper Point'']] when that vessel entered service with Seatruck.<ref name=Mersey>{{cite web | url = http://www.merseyshipping.co.uk/news/2008/02_2008/022008.htm| publisher = Mersey Shipping| title =Seatruck Ferries| accessdate = 2008-04-30}}</ref>

==References==
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