{"id":10582,"date":"2018-03-27T17:50:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T15:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=10582"},"modified":"2018-03-27T17:50:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T15:50:47","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=10582","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=10575\">Back to\u00a0Ship<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0History<\/h3>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<colgroup>\n<col \/>\n<col width=\"513\" \/>\n<col width=\"126\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"140\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td>Building contract<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td>Start of Production<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">2\/8\/1939<\/td>\n<td>Keel laid<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">14\/3\/1940<\/td>\n<td>Launch<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">8\/5\/1940<\/td>\n<td>Delivered to A\/S Grenaa-Hundested F\u00e6rgefart, Gren\u00e5, Denmark<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1940<\/td>\n<td>Used as hotel ship at Gren\u00e5 due to WW2.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1942<\/td>\n<td>Take over by German Navy<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">9\/1942<\/td>\n<td>Warnem\u00fcnde &#8211; Gedser service by German Navy<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">7\/1943<\/td>\n<td>Damaged\u00a0 by air force attack to Travem\u00fcnde.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1943<\/td>\n<td>Towed to neptun Wert, Rostock for repairing.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">23\/6\/1944<\/td>\n<td>Capsize when was unloading cargo at Helsinki.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">6-8\/1944<\/td>\n<td>Salvage of ship unloaded cargo and refloated<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1944<\/td>\n<td>Towed to Danzig and later Kiel where laid up\u00a0 end of WW2.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">7\/9\/1945<\/td>\n<td>Returned back to Rederiet A\/S Grenaa-Hundested F\u00e6rgefart, Denmark<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1945<\/td>\n<td>Rebuild on Svendborg V\u00e6rft, Denmark<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">7\/1947<\/td>\n<td>Gren\u00e5 &#8211; Hundested route.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">8\/1947<\/td>\n<td>Charter to A\/S Larvik-Frederikshavnfaerge.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">12\/1947<\/td>\n<td>Back to Gren\u00e5 &#8211; Hundested service.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1959<\/td>\n<td>Short charter period to Rederi Ab G\u00f6teborg-Frederikshavn Linjen , G\u00f6teborg &#8211; Frederikshavn route.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">6\/1964<\/td>\n<td>Sold to Europafergen Service A\/S, Gren\u00e5, Denmark . New name Varberg.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">27\/6\/1964<\/td>\n<td>Varberg &#8211; Gren\u00e5 route.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1964<\/td>\n<td>Short charter to Lion Ferry,Halmstad &#8211; Copenhamn route.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">winter 1964\/65<\/td>\n<td>Mostly laid up<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">5\/1965<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Rederi Ab G\u00f6teborg-Frederikshavn Linjen , G\u00f6teborg &#8211; Frederikshavn route.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">12\/1965<\/td>\n<td>Charter to Gren\u00e5 &#8211; Hundested Linien, Hundsted &#8211; Gren\u00e5 route.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">spring 1966<\/td>\n<td>Back to owner and Varberg &#8211; Gren\u00e5 route.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">9\/5\/1966<\/td>\n<td>Capsized when drydocked at Falkenbergs varv. CTL.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">6\/1966<\/td>\n<td>Sold to Ab Pers\u00f6ner, Ystad. For scrapping.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">12\/9\/1966<\/td>\n<td>Sold to Rederi AB Sally, Mariehamn, \u00c5land.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">10\/1966<\/td>\n<td>Arrived to Algot Johansson varvet, Mariehamn for rebuilding.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">29\/4\/1967<\/td>\n<td>Sold to Rederi Ab Solstad, Mariehamn, Finland. New name Viking 2.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1967<\/td>\n<td>Mariehamn &#8211; kapellsk\u00e4r and some times Naantali &#8211; Mariehamn &#8211; Kapellsk\u00e4r route.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">23\/4\/1970<\/td>\n<td>Collsiion between Kapella and Viking 2 at Mariehamn.\u00a0 Repaired Algots Varvet.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">5\/1971<\/td>\n<td>Back to Mariehamn &#8211; Kapellsk\u00e4r route.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">12\/1977<\/td>\n<td>Owner Rederi AB Sally, Mariehamn.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">11\/2\/1978<\/td>\n<td>Fire broke out when Viking 2 was winter laid up at Algots Varvet.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">3\/1978<\/td>\n<td>Sold to Loviisan Metalli ja Kone Oy, Loviisa, Finland<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">11\/3\/1978<\/td>\n<td>Towed to Loviisa for scrapping.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to\u00a0Ship &nbsp; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0History Building contract Start of Production 2\/8\/1939 Keel laid 14\/3\/1940 Launch 8\/5\/1940 Delivered to A\/S Grenaa-Hundested F\u00e6rgefart, Gren\u00e5, Denmark 1940 Used as hotel ship at Gren\u00e5 due to WW2. 1942 Take over by German Navy 9\/1942 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=10582\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10575,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10582","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10583,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10582\/revisions\/10583"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}