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                                 History

Keel laid
10/10/1975 Launch
16/1/1976 Delivered to Townsend Car Ferries Ltd
21/1/1976 Europoort – Felixtowe and Dover – Zeebrugge routes
1988 Sold to P&O Ferries same routes
1996 Named Panther
1998 Named European Pathfinder
1998 Larne – Adrossan / Larne – Cairnryan routes
28/10/2002 Sold to Trans European ferries, named Begonia
2004 Oostende – Ramsgate routes
7/2005 Sold to Baltic Scandinavian Lines, named Via Mare
1/9/2005 Paldiski – Kapellskär / Paldiski – Västervik routes
11/2005 Paldiski – Kapellskär route
28/10/2007 Trafic temporarly cancelled due the engine problems
15/11/2007 Back in service
6-8/2008 Docking and rebuiding
24/12/2008 – 24/1/2009 Docking. That time  operate Paldiski – Kapellskär route ferry Gute.
20-30/7/2009 Trafic temporarly cancelled due the technical problems
16-19/11/2009 Trafic temporarly cancelled due the technical problems
30/11/2009 Trafic temporarly cancelled due the technical problems
6-8/1/2010 Trafic temporarly cancelled due the technical problems
3/2010 Stuck on ice on Aland sea.
4/2011 Charter to Navirail
18/4/2011 Helsinki – Paldiski route. Ro-ro cargo service
30/10/2011 Paldiski – Hanko route.  Opened for passenger trafic
13/1/2012 Reported to sold on Turkish interests.  Will be operate between Turkey and Cyprus
22/1/2012 Voyage from Estonia to Mediterranean
2012 Turkish flag. New owner Akgunler Shipping
20/3/2012 Mersin – Kyrenia – Tasucu routes