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LOI
Building contract
Building started
Keel laid
29/4/1969 Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
12/1969 Delivered to Rederi Ab Nordstjernan, Sweden
8/8/1986 Sold to Regency Cruises. New name Regent Moon.
Cyprus flag. Regency Cruises had plan to rebuild
ship to cruise ship, but plans were never realised.
late 1986 Laid up on Perama, Greece
5/1988 Sold to Compania Naviera Panalexandra,
New name Alexandra, Panama flag.
Laid up on Perama, Greece.
1990Sold to Costa Crosiere S.P.A.
9/1990 -23/11/1992 Totaly rebuild from General cargo ship to Cruise
ship on T.Mariotti Shipyard, Genoa, Italy
Ship had building time name Costa Azzurra.
11/1992 New name Costa Allegra and Italian flag.
23/11/1992 Maiden voyage from Genoa to St. Thomas in the Caribbean.
winter 1992/1993 Cruises on Caribbean
1994New flag Liberia.
summer 1998 10 nigths Baltic Sea cruises and 13 nigths North Cape cruises from Amsterdam
autumn 1998 7 nigth cruises from Genova to Spain and Portugal
4/5/1999 Cruise from Genoa to Amsterdam
10/5/1999 10 nigth cruises to Baltic Sea and 11-13 nigth cruises to Fjords / North Cape / Spitzbergen from Amsterdam
5/9/1999 Cruise from Amsterdam to Genoa
13/9-11/10 1999 7 nigths cruises from Genova to Spain and Portugal
5-11/2000 From Genoa 11 nigths Black Sea cruises, 11 nigths Egypt, Israel, Greece cruises , 11 nigths Canary Islands cruises
4-10/2001 From Genoa 11 nigths Black Sea cruises, 10 nigths Egypt, Israel, Greece cruises , 11 nigths Canary Islands cruises
2006Refurbished interior
2006 > Cruises on from Singapore and Hong Kong
Winter 2009/2010 Two week cruises from Singapore
4/2010 Cruises from Singapore to Mediterranean
6/2010 7 night Mediterranean cruises from Civittavecchia
27/2/2012 Fire on engineroom on voyage from Madagasgar to Seychelles . Crew extinquish fire , but ship lost all power.
1/3/2012 Ship towed to Seychelles’ main island of Mahe.
2012Laid up waiting repairing or scrapping
6/9/2012 Reported sold to scrap to Aliaga .
9/2012New name Santa Cruise, Sierra Leone flag.
24/10/2012Arrived to Aliaga for scrapping.