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                                 History

Building contract
Start of Production
9/9/1977 Keel laid
22/12/1977 Launch
27/4/1978 Delivered to Monarch Steamship Co. Ltd. , UK (Townsend  Car Ferries)
28/4/1978 Dover – Zeebrügge route Townsend Car Ferries service.
17/12/1987 New name European Endeavour
31/12/1987 Owner P&O European Ferries Ltd, United Kingdom
2-6/1988 Laid up due to strike.
15/3/1991 Sold to Abbey National Leasing, UK . Chartered to P&O Ferries.
5/1995 Dover – Calais service.
25/9/1996 Cairnryan – Larne route.
12/1997 Bermuda flag.
1998 Rebuild cargo decks on Cammel Laird
1998 P&O Irish Ferries service Cairnryan – Larne route.
7/2002 Sold to Trans Europa Ferries.
22/7/2002 Delivered to new owner. New name Gardenia. Cyprus flag.
15/1/2003 Oostende – Ramsgate route.
1/1/2004 Owner Odyssey Maritime Co Ltd, Limassol, Cyprus.
5-7/2008 Laid up due to main engine broken.
17/4/2013 Service cancelled due to comany economical problems. Later bankrup.
17/4/2013 Laid up at Oostende
19/10/2013 Sold by auction to Oilchart International,Belgium. New name Ardenia.  Cyprus flag.
23/4-5/5/2014 Voyage from Oostende to Piraeus
27/9/2014 Owner Kosilio Shipping Co. Ltd. New name Star Fighter.
1/2015 Voyage to ship repairing yard to Bijela in Montenegro
Rumoured for charter to Montenegro Lines
11/2016 Sold to UAE buyer. Sierra leone flag
6/12/2016 Scrapped