{"id":16033,"date":"2019-06-29T14:52:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T12:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=16033"},"modified":"2019-06-29T15:55:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T13:55:37","slug":"history-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=16033","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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20\/5\/1980<\/td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr>
16\/12\/1980<\/td>Launch<\/td><\/tr>
24\/11\/1981<\/td>Sea trial <\/td><\/tr>
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14\/12\/1981<\/td>Delivered to Hadag Cruise Line, Hamburg, W.Germany<\/td><\/tr>
23\/12\/1981<\/td>Maiden voyage from Genova<\/td><\/tr>
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7\/2\/1984<\/td>Sold to Safmarine, Cape Town, South Africa.<\/td><\/tr>
1984<\/td>Rebuild by HDW<\/td><\/tr>
4\/1984<\/td>Southampton – Cape town route<\/td><\/tr>
7\/1984<\/td>Bahamas flag<\/td><\/tr>
29\/8\/1985<\/td>Sold to Deutfracht Seereederei, Rostock, E.Germany. New name Arkona.<\/td><\/tr>
15\/10\/1985<\/td>First cruise from Warnem\u00fcnde<\/td><\/tr>
1990<\/td>New owner Deutsche Seereederei, Rostock <\/td><\/tr>
1994<\/td>New owner Deutsche Seetouristik Rostock, Germany<\/td><\/tr>
1\/1\/1998<\/td>Owner Arkona Touristik , Monrovia, Liberia.<\/td><\/tr>
2\/2001<\/td>Sold to Transocean Tours, Nassau, Bahamas <\/td><\/tr>
20\/2\/2002<\/td>New name Astoria<\/td><\/tr>
3\/2007<\/td>Owner Cruise Ship Holdings Four ltd, Nassau, Bahamas <\/td><\/tr>
11\/2008<\/td>Arrested in Barcelona after Transocean Tour economical problems.<\/td><\/tr>
7\/8\/2009<\/td>Sold by auction to Enbrook Cruises, Ltd , Nassau, Bahamas. (Saga Cruises)<\/td><\/tr>
6\/9\/2009<\/td>Refurbished on Swansea.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>New name Saga Pearl II<\/td><\/tr>
15\/3\/2010<\/td>First cruise on Saga Cruises fleet.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/2012<\/td>New name Quest for Adventure.<\/td><\/tr>
21\/11\/2013<\/td>Name changed back to Saga Pearl II again.<\/td><\/tr>
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16\/2\/2019<\/td>Last cruise on Saga Cruises fleet, 54-days cruise to South Africa<\/td><\/tr>
16\/4\/2019<\/td>Sold to Aqua Explorer Holdings, Valletta, Malta. New name Pearl II<\/td><\/tr>
5\/2019<\/td>Laid up at Perama<\/td><\/tr>
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