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LOI
Building contract
Building started
Keel laid
14/4/1976Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
12/1976Delivered to Black Sea Shipping Co, Odessa, Soviet Union
Used as ferry in Black sea and chartered as a cruise ship to Western operators.
1/6/1981Ran aground during a cruise off Arrecife and had to be evacuated.
30/7/1981Arrived to Tyne where repaired and rebuild to cruise ship.
12/1982New name Leonid Brezhnev.
1989Had original name Kareliya back.
17/3/1997Arrested in Nouméa.
5/1998Sold to Kaalbye Shipping International, Monrovia, Liberia.
New name Olvia.
Charter to Peace Boat.
19/3/2001Sold to K&O Shipping, Panama.
20/12/2004New name CT Neptune.
Used as casino cruise ship in Hong Kong
2/2005Sold to Walden Maritime SA, Panama. Continue same service.
14/4/2005New name CT Neptune.
27/2/2006New name Neptune
29/7/2011Sold to Income China International, Hong Kong.
New name Starry Metropolis. Kiribati flag, home port
South Tarawa.
Continue Casino cruises from Hong Kong.
4/2013Jamaica flag, home port Kingston.
2020Laid up
3/2021Reported sold to scrap.