[3] She was chartered by Townsend Thoresen in 1980, staying with them and their successor P&O Ferries and P&O Irish Sea until 2005.

[2] In 1982 the Ministry of Defence requisitioned the vessel to transport troops to the Falkland Islands.

In 1982, three vessels operated by European Ferries were requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence to assist with the Falklands Campaign.

[7] The Baltic Ferry entered the Falkland Islands Exclusion zone on 25 May 1982,[8] she had been equipped with a helipad and carried three Army helicopters, 105 troops, and 1,874 tons of stores and ammunition to Ajax Bay on 1 June 1982.

For a list of other ships requisitioned for MoD use see British naval forces in the Falklands War European Seaway