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Building contract
Start of Production
Keel laid
31/8/1986 Launch
23/3/1987 Delivered to Jahre Line, Oslo , Norway.
26/3/1987 Oslo – Kiel route.
5/1989 Build new conference area on deck 10. Same time ship changed to one passenger class.
10/1990 New owner / operator Color Line when Jahre Line become part of Color Line.
21/9/1997 Chartered to Southampton , used to start ship to around world sailing race
15/7/1999 Grounded on Oslofjord. Drive in Moss where passengers evacuated.
16-19/7/1999 Repaired at Thyssen-Nordseewerke, Germany
12/2003 Owner M/V Color Harald AS
4/2006 Drydocking at Öresundsvarvet, Landskrona
11-12/2006 Main engine problems
22/1/2007 Sold to Irish Continental Group ( Irish Ferries) Chartered back to Color Line
1/9/2007 Last arrival to Oslo
3/9-17/11/2007 Arrived to Fredericia where refurbished.
10/9/2007 New name Oscar Wilde . Bahamas flag
30/11/2007 Rosslare – Cherbourg and Rosslare – Roscoff routes.
10/3/2008 Collision to pier on Cherbourg.
1/2010 Rosslare – Pembroke Dock route
24/1/2010 Drydocking at Falmouth.
2/2010 Rosslare – Cherbourg and Rosslare – Roscoff routes.
2/2/2010 Fire on engineroom.  No any injures
7/3/2010 Back in service
9-16/2/2011 Docking
26/10/2012 Rosslare port collision  Oscar Wilde and Stena Europe.
22/4/2014 Departure from Cherbourg cancelled due to radar problems
3-14/1/2016 Dublin – Holyhead  route covering Epsilon.
Drydocking and laid up for sale.
11/4/2019 Sold to MSC, Italy . Delivery planned April 2019.
5/2019 Drydockin at Genova
5/2019 New name GNV Allegra. Cyprus flag.
25/5/2019 Genova – Olbia route.