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LOI
Building contract
Building started
Keel laid
29/1/1960 Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
15/6/1960 Delivered to Det Nordenfjeldske Damskipsselskap A/S, Norway
6/1960Hurtigruten service Bergen – Kirknes route
1983Rebuild
21/1/1987 Sold to another Hurtigruten company TFDS A/S
31/7/2002 Sold to Elegant Cruise Line, Named Andrea and new flag Liberia
2002 – 2003 Rebuild to Cruise ship
2003Start cruises around the world
6/2006 New owner West Wind Ltd, Croatia
2009Laid up for sale on Split, Croatia.
4/2012 Sold to Premier Cruises ( Russia) and renamed to Serenissima
2012/2013Refurbished
4/2013 Mediterranean, Black Sea, British Isles and a return to Norway
20/5/2013 Run aground in the waters of Oban Bay on the west coast of Scotland. No reported dameages to ship.
5/2015 Cruises on Northern Europe
19/8/2015 Cruises on Mediterranean and Black Sea
7/12/2015 Cruises on Caribbean
26/3/2016 Transatlantic cruise
17/4/2016 Cruises on Western Europe
6/7/2016 Cruises on Northern Europe
5/9/2016 Cruises on Mediterranean and Black Sea