History
2/1/1970 | Building contract | |
2/6/1971 | Keel laid | |
3/12/1971 | Launch | |
26/5/1972 | Delivered to rederi AB Svea | |
5/6/1972 | Silja Line service Helsinki – Stockholm route | |
24/5/1975 | Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route | |
20/6/1975 | Helsinki – Stockholm route | |
18/7/1975 | Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route | |
4/10/1975 | Turku – Mariehamn – Norrtälje route | |
1/9/1976 | Turku – Mariehamn – Norrtälje route closed. Svea Regina laid up on Stockholm. | |
2/6/1977 | Charter to Compagnie Nationale Algerienne de Navigation Maritime (CNAN) | |
6/1977 | Marseilles – Algiers / Bejaia / Oran routes | |
30/8/1977 | End of charter | |
10/1977 | Laid up Norrtälje | |
1/3/1978 | Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route | |
29/3/1978 | Charter to Det Bergenske D/S A/S, Norway , used as accomodation ship om Stord. | |
20/5/1978 | End of charter . Drydocking on Göteborg. | |
28/5/1978 | Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route | |
3/9/1978 | Laid up on turku | |
22/9/1978 | Sold to Finland Steamship Company (SHO / FÅA) | |
2/10/1978 | New name Regina | |
27/10/1978 | Charter to Polferries | |
10/1978 | Gdynia – Nynäshamn – Helsinki route | |
4/1979 | End of charter | |
4/1979 | Charter to German travel agency cruise from Kiel to Kirknes | |
12/6/1979 | Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route | |
1/9/1979 | Laid up on turku | |
9/1979 | Charter to Brittany Ferries St Malo – Portsmouth route when their on ferrys had technical problems. Later laid up | |
28/10/1979 | Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route | |
29/11/1979 | Last day on Silja Line service. | |
29/11/1979 | Delivery to new owner Karageorgis Lines, new name Mediterranean Sun. Greece flag. | |
1980 | Patras – Ancona route | |
1980 | Sold to Heritage Shipping Co Ltd. Cyprus flag. | |
1981 | Laid up Piraeus | |
1982 | Sold to Naftiliaki Eteri Lesvou A.E, Greece. New name Odysseas Elytis. Greece flag. | |
1982 | Ancona – Pireus – Heraklion – Alexandria route. NEL Lines service | |
1983 | Pireus – Rodos route | |
1984 | Ancona – Alexandria route. | |
6/1985 | Sold to Skycruises Ltd. (SeaEscape). New name Scandinavian Sky, Bahamas flag. | |
6-7/1985 | Rebuild cabins, public areas and larger sundeck with pool on Werft Nobiskrug, Germany | |
7/1985 | Cruises between Miami and Nassau operated SeaEscape | |
1986 | Fire on engineroom on voyage between Cancun , Mexico and Tampa, Florida | |
11/1986 | Four seamens died on toxic gases when ship was dry dock in Jacksonville at the time of the accident. | |
1989 | New owner Star Cruise Ltd. (Bahamas) | |
18/12/1989 | Sold to Palkkiyhtymä OY , Finland, New name Tallink, Finland flag. | |
25/1/1990 | Helsinki – Tallinn route operated Tallink | |
11/1990 | Refurbished cabins on D-deck. | |
1-3/1991 | Refurbished C-deck cabins. | |
8/4/1991 | Dry dock | |
15/4/1991 | Back on Helsinki – Tallinna route | |
6/4/1992 | Docking | |
13/4/1992 | Back on Helsinki – Tallinna route | |
26/6/1992 | Sold to Tallink Bahamas Ltd. | |
30/6/1992 | Estonian flag.continue same route | |
1993 | Build a Supermarket (food shop) on F deck , under car deck. | |
25/12/1993 | Dry dock and refurbished | |
17/1/1994 | Back on Helsinki – Tallinna route | |
9/12/1996 | Laid up on Tallinn for sale | |
7/1998 | Sold to Florence Mar. S.A. New name Mama Tanzania, Panama flag. | |
10/1998 | Sold to Salam Internationell Transport & Trading Co Ltd. New name Eltor, Belize flag | |
10/1998 | Depart from Tallinn to Red Sea | |
1999 | Suez – Jeddah route. | |
10/1999 | Panama flag | |
6/2001 | Sold to Yakima Navigation. New name Monte Carlo. | |
10/2001 | New name El Safa | |
3/4/2005 | Engine problems near Hodeidah, Jemen | |
9/2005 | Sold for scrap to Alang, India | |
21/9/2005 | Arrived to Alang | |