MV Finnbirch was a Swedish roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ship built in 1978 as Stena Prosper.

Finnbirch was built at Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea and delivered to her owners Stena RoRo on 2 February 1978.

In 1999, Strömma Turism & Sjöfart [sv] in Stockholm acquired the ship and kept it until it foundered.

[citation needed] One of the Filipino crew members died in the hospital after his rescue suit failed and a Swede drowned after being entangled in the wreck.

[citation needed] On 7 November 2006, the Merchant Marine Officers' Association criticized the rescue, stating that the helicopter had been circling overhead whilst the crew members sat on the hull waiting to be rescued.