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                                    History

 Building contract
 Start of Production
25/1/1980Keel laid
8/1980Launch
22/12/1980Delivered to Ab Skärhamns Oljetransporter, Skärhamn, Sweden
22/12/1980Charter to Merivienti OY, Finland. Atlantic Cargo service.
30/12/1981Sold to Merivienti OY, Finland.
1985Sold to South Atlantic Cargo Shipping Co Ltd. Bahamas (Finnlines )
10/1989Sold to Windspoint Shipping Co Ltd, Gibraltar  ( Nordö-Link)
12/1989Arrived to Polish Marin Yard, Gdynia. Rebuild to Ro-pax / Train ferry.
6/4/1990Owner Rederi Ab Nordö-Link, Malmö, Sweden.
5/1990Malmö – Travemünde service. New name Malmö Link.
4/2007Sold to Channel Ferries, Ltd, London, UK
24/7/2007Delivered to Channel Ferries Ltd.
28/7/2007Rebuild on Cammel Lairds, UK
8/2007New name Ropax 1
  
1/2008Charter to Cotunav. Routes from Tunis to Europe.
5/2008Owner Ropax 1 KS, London, UK
11/2008Charter to ERSAL
13/12/2008Collision with another ship at Algeciras.
3/2009Back in service
4/2009Laid up at Greece.
10/2009Charter to Adriatic Lines
10/2009Ravenna – Corinth service
6/2010Arrested and laid up on Corinth, Greece
7-20/12/2010Charter to NEL Lines Corinth – Ancona route.
20/12/2010Laid up on Corinth, Greece
5/2011New name Aqua Hercules
11/2011Charter to NEL Lines Corinth – Ancona route.
20/12/2011Laid up on Corinth, Greece
 Unkown location or operations
4/10/2013Arrived to Iskenderun, Turkey
 2013 Owner went bankrupt . Laid up outside of Iskenderun
 28/3/2021 The abandoned ro-ro freight and passenger ship Aqua Hercules was blown ashore in a storm north of Iskenderun in Turkey.