History

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	Building contract
	Start of Production
13/8/1996	Keel laid
	Launch
5/12/1997	Delivered to Minoan Lines , Heraklion, Greece
21/12/1997	Ancona – Igoumenitsa – Patras route
22/10/2001	Patras – Igoumenitsa – Corfu – Venice route
12/2001	New name Ikarus Palace
6/2/2008	Assist rescue work of Und Adryatic fire.
7/2010	Civitavecchia – Trapani – Tunis – Palermo – Salerno route. Grimaldi Lines service.
12/8/2010	Repaired at Napoli after suffering serious engine trouble.
28/10/2010	Repaired at Mesina
19/12/2010	Barcelona – Livorno – Tanger Med and Valencia – Livorno – Tanger Med routes
9/12/2012	Pireus – Heraklion route Minoan Lines service
12/1/2013	Barcelona – Livorno – Tanger Med and Valencia – Livorno – Tanger Med routes. Grimaldi Lines service.
20/1/2016	Tunis – Civitavecchia / Salerno / Palermo routes replace  for Catania at drydocking
8/2/2016	Ancona – Patras route three weeks replace Cruise Europa
4/2016	New name Cruise Smeralda
5/2016	Sold to Grimaldi Euromed SPA. Homeport Palermo.
4/2023	Charter to Finnlines.
4/2023	Malmö – Travemünde route.
5/10/2023	Sold to Adria Ferries SPA, Ancona, Italy. New name AF Mia.