Champs Elysées was built in 1984 by Chantiers Dubigeon, Prairie-au-Duc, Nantes, for SNCF's Calais to Dover services, which were shared with their Sealink partners.

Champs Elysées was transferred to the Newhaven-Dieppe service, which at that time was run by SPN.

On 8 July 2009, Stena Line officially announced they were purchasing the SeaFrance Manet to operate on their Belfast – Stranraer route.

Three months after the closure of the Stranraer route, The Stena Navigator departed Belfast on 17 February bound for the Astander shipyard in Santander.

In November 2013, Daniya was renamed Poeta Lòpez Anglada and moved to the Algeciras–Ceuta route.

In February 2016 the ship was fitted with a new bow ramp to improve the loading and discharge of vehicles.