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                                 History

 Building contract
 Keel laid
 Launch
6/6/1974Delivered to  Larvik-Frederikshavnferjen A/S, Norway
9/6/1974Charter to Norfolk Line
11/6/1974Scheveningen – Middlesborough route
10/1975Netherlands flag
15/11/1975Sold to Unilever Norfolk Line, Nteherlands.
28/6/1976Fire on engineroom.
29-30/6/1976Towed to Rotterdam
7-8/1976Engine room repaired
8/1976Back in service
1/1977Charter to P&O Normandy Ferries Dover – Boulogne route.
1/1977Charter to UK – West Africa service.
3/1978Sold to CN Marine, Canada. New name Marine Evangeline
3/1978Rebuild Newfoundland Dockyard, Canada
4/1978Yarmouth – Portland route
30/3/1983Yarmouth – Bar Harbour route
1986New owner Marine Atlantic Dieppe, France
24/1-24/4/1986Operated Dieppe Ferries (SNCF) Dieppe – Newhaven route
2/5/1986Charter to Ro-Ro Ferries , Rosslare – Pembroke route.
12/1986Operated Dieppe Ferries (SNCF) Dieppe – Newhaven route
9/1988Laid up St. John, New Foundland
1989Marine Atlantic service again
1992Charter to Opale Ferries, France. Boulogne – Folkestone route
4/7/1993Opale Ferries went a bankrupt
4/7/1993Charter to Meridian Ferries, UK same route. New name Spirit of Boulougne.
5/7/1994Grounded near Boulougne
15/3/1995Meridian Ferries went bankrupt. Laid up Boulougne
1995Back to Marine Atlantic, named again Marine Evangeline. Laid up Dover.
21/6/1995Charter to Stena Line ( Sealink Stena Line ) Newhaven – Dieppe route.
13/10/1995Stranraer – Belfast route
2/4/1996 – 10/1996Newhaven – Dieppe route
10/1996Laid up Southampton
10/1997Charter to Tallink.
31/10/1997Paldiski – Kapellskär rout
8/1998Sold to Tallink Group, Estonia
8/1998New name Kapella , Estonian flag.
9/1/2003Rescued crew of fishing boat and towing boat to Paldiski.
25/3/2004Tallinn – Helsinki route
3/2006Some sailings cancelled due to ice condition
16/4/2007Kapellskär – Paldiski route
  
 Laid up
6/6/2010Paldiski – Kapellskär route
1/9/2010Laid up
31/10/2010Paldiski – Kapellskär route
10/1/2011Laid up
2/2011Paldiski – Kapellskär route
2/2011Laid up
21/6 – 8/2011Turku – Kapellskär route.
8/2011Laid up
16 – 29/10/2011Charter to Lillgaard. Långnäs – Naanatali route
29/10/2011Laid up Paljassaare, Tallinn
24/6/2012Tallinn – Helsinki route
8/2012Sold to Reklon Holding Ltd . New name Uls Ferry 1. Panama flag.
14/8/2012Docking on Kopli, Estonia.
17/9/2012Ust-Luga – Sillamäe route. Operator ULS Global.
  
 Laid up for sale
12/11/2017Sold to Shega Group, Albania. New name Ana, Albanian flag. Laid up at Tallinn.
 Voyage from Tallinn to Albania
17/5/2018Shengjin – Ravena route
 9/2020 Sold to unknown buyer. New name Vav. Palau flag.
  Laid up ?
 4/2021 New name Pray. Tanzania flag.
 6/5/2021 Scrapped in Aliaga, Turkey.