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LOI
Building contract
Building started
20/5/1980Keel laid
16/12/1980Launch
24/11/1981Sea trial
Second sea trial
14/12/1981Delivered to Hadag Cruise Line, Hamburg, W.Germany
23/12/1981Maiden voyage from Genova
7/2/1984Sold to Safmarine, Cape Town, South Africa.
1984Rebuild by HDW
4/1984Southampton – Cape town route
7/1984Bahamas flag
29/8/1985Sold to Deutfracht Seereederei, Rostock, E.Germany. New name Arkona.
15/10/1985First cruise from Warnemünde
1990New owner Deutsche Seereederei, Rostock
1994New owner Deutsche Seetouristik Rostock, Germany
1/1/1998Owner Arkona Touristik , Monrovia, Liberia.
2/2001Sold to Transocean Tours, Nassau, Bahamas
20/2/2002New name Astoria
3/2007Owner Cruise Ship Holdings Four ltd, Nassau, Bahamas
11/2008Arrested in Barcelona after Transocean Tour economical problems.
7/8/2009Sold by auction to Enbrook Cruises, Ltd , Nassau, Bahamas. (Saga Cruises)
6/9/2009Refurbished on Swansea.
New name Saga Pearl II
15/3/2010First cruise on Saga Cruises fleet.
5/2012New name Quest for Adventure.
21/11/2013Name changed back to Saga Pearl II again.
16/2/2019Last cruise on Saga Cruises fleet, 54-days cruise to South Africa
16/4/2019Sold to Aqua Explorer Holdings, Valletta, Malta. New name Pearl II
5/2019Laid up at Perama