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LOI
Building contract
Building started
Keel laid
12/2/1972Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
29/10/1972Delivered to Rederi Ab Gotland, Visby, Sweden
1972Visby – Nynäshamn route
1974- Visby – Nynäshamn and Visby-Oskarshamn routes
1980New name Drotten
1981Visby – Nynäshamn and Visby-Västervik routes
1982Laid up
24/5-31/10/1982Charter to SF-Line, Mariehamn. Artist name Aurella.
24/5/1982Viking Line Naantali – Mariehamn – Kapellskär route
1/11/1982Laid up
1983Charter to Cameli & Co Spa, Genova, Italy. Genova – Barcelona route.
10/1984Charter to Miura Lines, Genova, Italy. Genova – Barcelona route.
27/12/1984Engine room fire. Repaired at Barcelona.
2/10/1985Sold to Tourship SA, Panama
1/1986Delivered to new owner
2/1986Corsica Ferries service Savona – Bastia route. New name
Corsica Viva II.
10/88-4/1989Rebuild and lengthened by Navalia Meccanische
Affini SpA, La Spezia, Italy.
4/1989New name Corsica REgina
1996Owner Tourship Italia, S.r.l, Olbia, Italy. New
name Sardinia Regina
1996Livorno – Olbia route.
1999Nice – Bastia route.
2000Toulon – Bastia route.
2005Owner Forship S.p.A. Italy
2008Livorno – Golfo Aranci route.
1/2011Owner Medinvest S.p.A.
17/3/2016Engine room fire.