On 7 June 1980, Scandinavia's sister ship, MS Zenobia capsized on her maiden voyage roughly two kilometres (1.2 mi) away from Larnaca, Cyprus.

[4] Sealink eventually decided to use the two vessels, in a pooling agreement with SNCF to provide a joint service running between Dover and Calais.

[4] Ongoing maneuverability issues resulted in a starboard hole following her spending eight hours pinned against the mooring quay in Dover during bad weather on 8 January 1991.

[7] Under P&O Stena Line P&OSL Canterbury continued the Dover-Calais route, on 11 August 1999 she was hired out on charter to the Daily Mail to enable passengers to view the European Solar Eclipse.

[7] This era was not without fault, with further bow door problems in April 2000 and flooding of a machine room in May 2001 causing her to be taken out of service for repairs both times.

[7] In March 2004, the new owners GA Ferries renamed the vessel Alkmini A, operating a service between Igoumenitsa, Greece and Brindisi, Italy from June 2004.

[3] In September 2004 Alkmini A was sold to Polferries and transferred to the Baltic Sea as Wawel [8] operating a route from 15 February 2005 [2] between Swinoujscie, Poland and Ystad, Sweden.