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LOI
Building contract
Building started
10/9/1980 Keel laid
17/4/1981 Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
20/4/1982 Delivered to Baltic Shipping Company, Leningrad, Soviet Union.
1982 Helsinki – Leningrad route
1988Rebuild interior and new bow on Lloyds Werft, Germany
10-12/1990 Helsinki – Leningrad route and Two nigth cruises from Helsinki to Vyborg.
1992/1993 Refurbished interior, build new suites.
1993Charter to Baltic Line. Helsinki – St. Petersburg route.
6/11/1993 Helsinki – Las Palmas cruise
1993/1994 7 days Cruises on Canary Islands
9-23/4/1994 Las Palmas – Helsinki cruise
24/4 – 17/5/1994 Refurbished interior
18/5/1994 Helsinki – St. Petersburg route and 24 hours cruises from Helsinki around Suursaari
4/11/94- 7/5/1995 Original plan to cruises on canary Islands , but ms. Baltica replaced Konstantin Simonov for those cruises.
13/4/1995- Helsinki – St. Petersburg route and Helsinki – Kronstadt cruises
Spring 1996 St. Petersburg – Kiel route
18/5/1996 Arrested in Kiel due to Baltic Line bankrup
5/11/1996 Sold to Pakartin Shipping, Cyprus. Named Francesca
11/1996 Laid up Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
9/2000 Sold to Silver Cruises Ltd. Malta.
2001Rebuild public areas and cabins. Build larger sundecks.
2001Cruises from Haifa, operated Mano Cruises
2004Refurbished
autumn 2009 Laid up for sale on Haifa.
11/12/2009 Sold to Kristina Cruises Ltd. Kotka, Finland
29/12/2009 The Iris start voyage from Haifa to Finland.
16/1/ 2010 Drydock on Turku Repairing Yard, Naantali
3/2/2010 Voyage from Naantali to Kotka where works continue.
24/2/2010 Change flag to Finland , homeport Kotka.
spring 2010 Refurbished interior
24/2/2010 New name Kristina Katarina, Flag Finland, Homeport Kotka.
28/8/2010 Kristina Katarina will replace Kristina Regina.
28-29/8/2010 Maiden voyage Kotka – Tallinn – Helsinki
31/8/2010 Cruises from FInland to Mediterranean and 7 nigth cruises on Mediterranean
2/10/2010 Cruises on Black Sea and Mediterranean
6/11/2010 Cruises on Red Sea
5/2/2011 Red Sea cruises cancelled and replaced by Eastern Mediterranean cruises.
26/3/2011Cruises on Mediterranean and Black Sea
14/5/2011 Cruises on Azores and from Azores to Baltic
16/6/2011 Cruises on Baltic Sea, Norwegian coast, Iceland , Greenland.
15/8/2011 Cruise from Helsinki to Mediterranean
27/8/2011 Cruises on Mediterranean and Black Sea
16/11/2011 Canary Islands and Cap Verde cruises
29/12/2011 Trans Atlantic cruise. First ever on Finnish flagged cruise ship.
12/1/2012Eastern Caribbean cruises
8/3/2012 Trans Atlantic cruise
22/3/2012 Canary Islands and Cap Verde cruises
7/4/2012 Mediterranean and Black Sea cruises
19/5/2012 Cruise from Portugal to Helsinki
6/2012 Docking on Kotka.
11/6/2012 Accident when Fast Rescue Boat lowerded for a inspection.
14/6/2012 Cruises on Baltic Sea, Spitsbergen, Norwegian coast
21/7/2012 Cruises on North Sea and western Europe
18/8/2012Cruises on Mediterranean and Black Sea
27/10/2012 Cruises on Canary Islands
19/12/2012 Trans Atlantic cruise from Kap Verde
29/12/2012 Cruises on Caribbean
2/3/2013 Trans Atlantic cruise
23/3/2013 Cruises on Canary Islands and Mediterranean
18/5/2013 Cruise from Malaga to Helsinki
31/5-18/6/2013 Drydocking at Naantali
19/6/2013 Cruises on Baltic, Norwegian coast and Arctic
12/8/2013 Cruise from Helsinki to Mediterranean
24/8/2013 Cruises on Mediterranean and Black Sea
7/11/03-27/3/2014 7 nigths cruises on Canary Islands
28/11/2013 Canary Islands cruises cancelled due to economical reasons.
28/11/2013 Laid up at Las Palmas
8/1/2014 Sold and delivered to Achieva SF-One Ltd ( FleetPro Ocean Ltd. (ISP) )
27/3/2014 Cancelled cruises on Mediterranean
17/5/2014 Cancelled Cruise from Malaga to Helsinki
6/6/2014 Cancelled Cruises on Baltic Sea, Spitsbergen, Norwegian coast and Iceland.
7/8/2014 Cancelled Cruises on Western Europe , North Sea
15/1/2014 New name Ocean Endeavour. Marshall islands flag.
18/1/2014 Voyage from Las Palmas to Lerwick
1/2014Used as accommodation ship on Lerwick.
20/5/2015Rebuild to expeditions ship on Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
14/6/2015Mighty Saint Lawrence, New Foundland, Arctic cruises,
operated Adventure Canada
20/8-21/9/2015Northwest Passage cruises
1/6/2016Saint Lawrence, Sable Islands, New Foundland,
Arctic, Greenland cruises
26/8-26/9/2016Northwest Passage cruises
6/5/2017Saint Lawrence, Sable Islands, New Foundland,
Arctic cruises
22/8-7/10/2017Northwest Passage and Greenland & Labor cruises