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                                 History

Building contract
Start of Production
Keel laid
Launch
19/5/1983 Delivered to Société Nationale Maritime Corse Mediterranée (SNCM), Marseille, France
16/6/1983 Marseille – Corsica  and Marseille – Tunis service.
3/1984 Helped evacuate French troops from Lebanon
18/9/1990 Chartered to French military to transport troops to Saudi Arabia from Toulon.
3/1992 Transporting troops to Yugoslavia.
4/9/1992 Upon arrival at the Ille Rousse so slipped the stern of the ship on a reef. Repaired in Marseille.
2001 Side sponsons installed.
3/2009 Drydocking at Union Naval Marseille shipyard
13/9/2009 Sète – Oran / Skikda / Bejaia routes
27/1/2012 Toulon – Bastia route
2/2012 Service start delayed due to strike.
17/2/2012 Toulon – Bastia service started
1/1/2016 SNCM sold to CGMF. Operator Corsica Linea.
21/5/2016 Arrived to Salamis, Greece. Rebuild and laid up.
11/2016 Sold to MH Marine Co. Palau flag.