{"id":16698,"date":"2019-08-24T20:09:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T18:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=16698"},"modified":"2026-02-10T18:17:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:17:33","slug":"history-6","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=16698","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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                                    History<\/h3>\n\n\n
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<\/td>Building contract<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Building started<\/td><\/tr>
21\/10\/1988<\/td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr>
3\/1\/1989<\/td>Launch<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Sea trial <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Second sea trial <\/td><\/tr>
1\/6\/1989<\/td>Delivered to Delfin Risteilyt Oy, Nagu, Finland<\/td><\/tr>
6\/1989<\/td>Cruises from Turku to Visby, Stockhom and 24 h cruises.<\/td><\/tr>
26\/1\/1990<\/td>Charter to Sally Line Oy, Mariehamn, Finland. New name Sally Clipper<\/td><\/tr>
1\/1990<\/td>24 h cruises from Helsinki, Summer season cruises from helsinki to Visby, Leningrad and Tallinn<\/td><\/tr>
3\/12\/1990<\/td>New owner Rauma-Repola Marine Oy, Rauma, Finland after Ddelfin Cruises had economical problems. Charter to Sally Line continued.<\/td><\/tr>
1992<\/td>Laid up at Rauma shipyard.<\/td><\/tr>
17\/6\/1992<\/td>Charter to Baltic Link Ab, Norrk\u00f6ping . Norrk\u00f6ping – Riga route.<\/td><\/tr>
17\/10\/1992<\/td>Laid up<\/td><\/tr>
12\/1992<\/td>Charter to Ocean Trade Chartering, Nassau, Bahamas. New name Delfin Star.<\/td><\/tr>
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1996<\/td>Sold to Phoenix Maritime Shipping Co, Panama <\/td><\/tr>
1997<\/td>New name Dream 21. <\/td><\/tr>
1997<\/td>Rebuild Samsung Shipyard in SOuth Korea<\/td><\/tr>
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30\/10\/2001<\/td>Sold to Discoverer Reederei, Panama. New name World Discoverer.<\/td><\/tr>
2001<\/td>Cruises in Arctic and Antarctic<\/td><\/tr>
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8\/2003<\/td>Sold to Delta Steamship Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas.<\/td><\/tr>
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8\/2004<\/td>New name World Adventurer<\/td><\/tr>
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3\/2005<\/td>New name World Discoverer<\/td><\/tr>
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27\/9\/2007<\/td>Sold to Silversea Discoverer Shipping, Nassau, Bahamas.<\/td><\/tr>
2008<\/td>Refurbished<\/td><\/tr>
6\/2008<\/td>New name Prince Albert II.<\/td><\/tr>
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5\/2011<\/td>New name Silver Explorer<\/td><\/tr>
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Summer 2019<\/td>Cruises on Arctic , Greenland and Norway<\/td><\/tr>
12\/10\/2019<\/td>Cruises on South America and Antarctica<\/td><\/tr>
11\/5\/2020<\/td>Cruises on Asia<\/td><\/tr>
6\/7\/2020<\/td>Cruises on Alaska<\/td><\/tr>
10\/8\/2020<\/td> Cruises on Asia <\/td><\/tr>
17\/9\/2020<\/td>Cruises on Arctic , Greenland and Norway<\/td><\/tr>
20\/10\/2020<\/td>Cruises on South America and Antarctica<\/td><\/tr>
11\/12\/2020<\/td>Cruises on New Zealand and Antarctica<\/td><\/tr>
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6\/2021<\/td>Rumoured sold to scrap. <\/td><\/tr>
21\/6\/2021<\/td>Anchored outside of Aliaga, Turkey.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Back in service<\/td><\/tr>
1\/2022<\/td>Sold to Exploris, France<\/td><\/tr>
9\/2023<\/td>Delivered to new owner Hammonia Adventure & Cruise, France (Exploris)<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Drydocking. New name Exploris One.<\/td><\/tr>
12\/2023<\/td>Voyages from Valparaiso and Ushuaia.<\/td><\/tr>
11\/2025<\/td>Exploris Expeditions & Cruises ceased operations due to financial problems. Laid up in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.<\/td><\/tr>
30\/1\/2026<\/td>Sold by auction on Nantes, France to Nordic Cruise Management GmbH.<\/td><\/tr>
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Back to Ship                                     History LOI Building contract Building started 21\/10\/1988 Keel laid 3\/1\/1989 Launch Sea trial Second sea trial 1\/6\/1989 Delivered to Delfin Risteilyt Oy, Nagu, Finland 6\/1989 Cruises from Turku to Visby, Stockhom and 24 h cruises. … Continue reading History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":16689,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16698","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16698","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=16698"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44301,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16698\/revisions\/44301"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}