{"id":17337,"date":"2019-09-23T07:46:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T05:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=17337"},"modified":"2025-11-03T18:26:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:26:28","slug":"history-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=17337","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>
<\/td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr>
9\/9\/1946<\/td>Launch<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1947<\/td>Sea trial <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Second sea trial <\/td><\/tr>
7\/2\/1948<\/td>Delivered to Ab Svenska Amerika Linjen, G\u00f6teborg, Sweden<\/td><\/tr>
21\/2\/1948<\/td>Maiden voyage from G\u00f6teborg to New York.<\/td><\/tr>
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1953\/54<\/td>Rebuild by AG Weser, Bremen, W.Germany.<\/td><\/tr>
25\/7\/1956<\/td>Collision with Andrea Doria. 47 dead on Andrea Doria and 5 on Stockholm. <\/td><\/tr>
7-11\/1956<\/td>Repaired on Betlehem Steel, New York, USA.<\/td><\/tr>
11\/1956<\/td>Back on G\u00f6teborg – New York service.<\/td><\/tr>
15\/5\/1959<\/td>Sold to Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, Rostock, East Germany.<\/td><\/tr>
3\/1\/1960<\/td>Delivered to new owner. New name V\u00f6lkerfreundschaft. <\/td><\/tr>
1960<\/td>Operated by VEB Deutsche Seereederei, Rostock. Cruise service<\/td><\/tr>
1966\/85<\/td>Winter charters to Stena Line. Cruises from G\u00f6teborg to Caribbean and Norway. <\/td><\/tr>
1974<\/td>Owner VEB Deutfracht\/Seereederei, Rostock, East Germany.<\/td><\/tr>
4\/1985<\/td>Sold to Neptunus Rex Enterprises, Panama. New name Volker.<\/td><\/tr>
4\/1985<\/td>Laid up at Holmestrand.<\/td><\/tr>
11\/12\/1985<\/td>Towed to Southampton for repairs.<\/td><\/tr>
20\/12\/1986 <\/td>New name Fridtjof Nansen. <\/td><\/tr>
12\/1986<\/td>Towed to Oslo, Norway. Used as refugee accommodation.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1989<\/td>Sold to Star Lauro Societeta per Anzoni, Napoli, Italy.<\/td><\/tr>
6-27\/5\/1989<\/td>Towed to Varco Chiapella shipyard, Genova, Italy. <\/td><\/tr>
5\/1989<\/td>Laid up.<\/td><\/tr>
1992<\/td>Totaly rebuild by Varco Chiapella shipyard, Genova, Italy.<\/td><\/tr>
1993<\/td>New name Italia I.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1994<\/td>New name Italia Prima. Owner Nina Cia. di Navigazione, Napoli, Italy.<\/td><\/tr>
31\/10\/1994<\/td>Cruises on Mediterranean.<\/td><\/tr>
22\/12\/1995<\/td>Charter to Neckermann Seereisen.<\/td><\/tr>
12\/1995<\/td>Cruises on Caribbean and around the world.<\/td><\/tr>
6\/1\/1998<\/td>Neckermann Seereisen experiences financial problems, laid up in Genova.<\/td><\/tr>
1998<\/td>Chartered out for five months as an exhibition ship in Lisboa.<\/td><\/tr>
9\/1998<\/td>Chartered out to Air Maritim Seereisen (Valtur Tourist). New name Valtur Prima.<\/td><\/tr>
9\/1998<\/td>Cruises on Caribbean.<\/td><\/tr>
2001<\/td>Laid up at Cuba.<\/td><\/tr>
12\/2002<\/td>Sold to Festival Crociere Spa, Napoli, Italy. New name Caribe. Operating plans cancelled.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/2004<\/td>Laid up at Lisboa, Portugal.<\/td><\/tr>
2004<\/td>Sold to Nina SpA, Lisboa, Portugal.<\/td><\/tr>
7\/1\/2005<\/td>New name Athena.<\/td><\/tr>
2005<\/td>Owner Classic International Cruise, Madeira.<\/td><\/tr>
3\/12\/2008<\/td>The ship was attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden.<\/td><\/tr>
12\/2008<\/td>Sold to First Quality Cruises Inc, Napoli, Italy.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/2009<\/td>Portugal flag.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/2009<\/td>Charter to Phoenix reisen.<\/td><\/tr>
17\/8\/2012<\/td>The ship was detained in Marseille due to unpaid bills.<\/td><\/tr>
9\/2013<\/td>Sold to Island Cruises Transportes, Lisboa, Portugal. New name Azores.<\/td><\/tr>
2015<\/td>Operated Cruise & Maritime Voyages.<\/td><\/tr>
3\/2016<\/td>New name Astoria.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/2016<\/td>Chartered to Rivages du Monde.<\/td><\/tr>
3\/2017<\/td>Operated Cruise & Maritime Voyages.<\/td><\/tr>
20\/7\/2020<\/td>South Quay Travel Ltd \u2013 which traded under the name Cruise & Maritime Voyages \u2013 was placed into administration on 20 July 2020.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/12\/2020<\/td>Laid up at Rotterdam.<\/td><\/tr>
24\/2\/2022<\/td>Brake a ropes in heavy weather in Rotterdam and the stern collided with a container ship. Towed back to the quay.<\/td><\/tr>
17\/6\/2025<\/td>Sold at auction to Belgian scrappers.<\/td><\/tr>
3-5\/7\/2025<\/td>Towed to Galloo Recycling, Ghent, Belgium for scrapping.<\/td><\/tr>
2025-2026<\/td>Scrapped.<\/td><\/tr>
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Back to Ship                                     History LOI Building contract Building started Keel laid 9\/9\/1946 Launch 10\/1947 Sea trial Second sea trial 7\/2\/1948 Delivered to Ab Svenska Amerika Linjen, G\u00f6teborg, Sweden 21\/2\/1948 Maiden voyage from G\u00f6teborg to New York. 1953\/54 Rebuild … Continue reading History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":17331,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17337","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17337","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=17337"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43153,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17337\/revisions\/43153"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}