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