{"id":18474,"date":"2019-11-14T08:28:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T06:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=18474"},"modified":"2019-11-20T06:47:05","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T04:47:05","slug":"history-4-sunnhordland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=18474","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/td>LOI<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Building contract<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Building started<\/td><\/tr>
24\/12\/1942 <\/td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr>
13\/6\/1943 <\/td>Launch<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Sea trial <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Second sea trial <\/td><\/tr>
31\/8\/1943 <\/td>Delivered to US Navy. Type Patrol frigate <\/td><\/tr>
1943<\/td>Charter to Royal Navy named HMS Kilchernan <\/td><\/tr>
1943 > 1945 <\/td>She served under the Union Jack as a submarine destroyer at <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>the western coast of Africa and the Gibraltar area. <\/td><\/tr>
1947 <\/td>Sold to Hardanger Sunnhordlanske D\/S, Norway <\/td><\/tr>
1947 – 1949 <\/td>Rebuild to passanger ferry on Bergens Mekaniske Verkstetder, Bergen, Norway. <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>New name Sunnhordland <\/td><\/tr>
1949 <\/td>Bergen – Sunnhordland route <\/td><\/tr>
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21\/6\/1973 <\/td>Laid up <\/td><\/tr>
13\/11\/1973 <\/td>First time offered Sunnhorland to Fagerlines. <\/td><\/tr>
25\/1\/1974 <\/td>Fagerlines inspection of the ship in Bergen <\/td><\/tr>
8\/3\/1974 <\/td>Decision to buy a ship <\/td><\/tr>
6\/5\/1974 <\/td>Sold to Fager Lines , Ristiina, Finland on 540000 NOK <\/td><\/tr>
7\/5\/1974 12.55 <\/td>Departure from Bergen to Lappeenranta, Finland <\/td><\/tr>
11\/5\/1974 18.00 <\/td>Arrived to Lappeenranta, where ship spend a week before moving to Ristiina. <\/td><\/tr>
18\/5\/1974 <\/td>Sailed from Lappeenranta to Ristiina. <\/td><\/tr>
5\/1974 – <\/td>Rebuild public areas and build larger cabins and technical updates. <\/td><\/tr>
27\/10- 14\/11\/1974 <\/td>Drydocking on W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 Kotka shipyard. <\/td><\/tr>
11\/1974 <\/td>Back to Lappeenranta, continued interior refit. <\/td><\/tr>
16\/5\/1975 <\/td>Seatrial and classification companys inspection <\/td><\/tr>
5\/1975 <\/td>Charter and promotion cruises. <\/td><\/tr>
31\/5\/1975 <\/td>2 days Weekend cruises Savonlinna – Varkaus – Kuopio – Savonlinna<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>and 4 days cruises from Savonlinna – Puumala – Lappeenranta <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>two first locks on Saimaa channel – Ristiina – Punkaharju – Savonlinna. <\/td><\/tr>
3\/8\/1975 <\/td>Narrowly avoided a collision with ss. Figaro near Olavinlinna, Savonlinna <\/td><\/tr>
31\/8\/1975 <\/td>End of Fagerlines first season <\/td><\/tr>
6-7\/9\/1975 <\/td>Voyage from Savonlinna to Helsinki. <\/td><\/tr>
9\/1975 – 4\/1976 <\/td>Laid up winter on Helsinki <\/td><\/tr>
4\/1976 <\/td>Charter for exhibition ship to Eastern-Finland tourism exhibition. <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>First in Helsinki and 26-27.4 on Turku. <\/td><\/tr>
30\/4\/1976 <\/td>Evening cruises from Helsinki <\/td><\/tr>
7\/5\/1976 <\/td>Helsinki – Lappeenranta cruises <\/td><\/tr>
29\/5\/1976 <\/td>Weekend cruises Lappeenranta – Puumala – Savonlinna. Holiday<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>cruises Lappeenranta – Puumala – Punkaharju – Savonlinna –
two <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>locks on Channel of Saimaa – Lappeenranta. Blue- Saimaa cruise <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Lappeenranta – Kyl\u00e4niemi ( Anttola ? ) beach -Ristiina – Lappeenranta<\/td><\/tr>
28\/8\/1976 <\/td>Seasons ending on Lake of Saimaa <\/td><\/tr>
4\/9\/1976 <\/td>Lappeenranta – Helsinki cruise <\/td><\/tr>
6\/9\/1976 <\/td>Evening cruises from Helsinki and Helsinki – Lappeenranta cruises. <\/td><\/tr>
9\/1976 <\/td>Two cruises Lappeenranta – Vyborg. <\/td><\/tr>
4\/10\/1976 <\/td>Drydocking on Valmet Suomenlinnan Telakka, Helsinki. <\/td><\/tr>
10\/1976 <\/td>Laid up winter on Helsinki <\/td><\/tr>
26\/4\/1977 <\/td>Evening cruises from Helsinki and charter cruises. <\/td><\/tr>
5\/1977 <\/td>Helsinki – Lappeenranta cruises <\/td><\/tr>
20\/5\/1977 <\/td>Weekend cruises Lappeenranta – Puumala – Savonlinna. Holiday cruises<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Lappeenranta – Puumala – Punkaharju – Savonlinna – two locks on Channel<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>of Saimaa – Lappeenranta. Blue- Saimaa cruise Lappeenranta – Puumala -Ristiina – Lappeenranta<\/td><\/tr>
20\/8\/1977 <\/td>Lappeenranta – Helsinki cruise <\/td><\/tr>
21\/8\/1977 <\/td>Evening cruises from Helsinki and charter cruises. <\/td><\/tr>
10\/1977 <\/td>Laid up winter on Helsinki <\/td><\/tr>
Winter 1977\/1978 <\/td>Build larger sundeck and Multi-purpose Room formely cardeck. <\/td><\/tr>
11\/5\/1978 <\/td>Evening cruises from Helsinki and charter cruises. <\/td><\/tr>
20\/5\/1978 <\/td>First cruise to Mariehamn <\/td><\/tr>
10\/6\/1978 <\/td>Weekend cruises Lappeenranta – Puumala – Savonlinna. Holiday cruises Lappeenranta<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Puumala – Punkaharju – Savonlinna – two locks on Channel of Saimaa – Lappeenranta.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Blue- Saimaa cruise Lappeenranta – Puumala -Ristiina – Lappeenranta<\/td><\/tr>
6\/1978 <\/td>Was the first lake ship in Finland having strong alcohol sales licence. <\/td><\/tr>
8\/1978 <\/td>Evening cruises from Helsinki and charter cruises. <\/td><\/tr>
10\/1978 <\/td>Laid up winter on Helsinki <\/td><\/tr>
10\/5\/1979 <\/td>Evening cruises from Helsinki and charter cruises. <\/td><\/tr>
17-18\/5\/1979 <\/td>Kotka – Vyborg – Lappeenranta cruise <\/td><\/tr>
6\/1979 <\/td>Weekend cruises Lappeenranta – Puumala – Savonlinna. Holiday cruises Lappeenranta<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Puumala – Imatra – Savonlinna – two locks on Channel of Saimaa – Lappeenranta. <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Blue- Saimaa cruise Lappeenranta – Puumala -Ristiina – Lappeenranta<\/td><\/tr>
8\/1979 <\/td>Evening cruises from Helsinki, Helsinki \/ Kotka – Lappeenranta cruises and charter cruises. <\/td><\/tr>
1\/9\/1979 <\/td>SB side main engine damaged. Rest of season used one main engine. <\/td><\/tr>
21\/9\/1979 <\/td>Laid up winter on Helsinki<\/td><\/tr>
Wnteri 1979\/1980 <\/td>Main engine repaired on Helsinki. Build two new Deluxe and and two A-cabins<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>on Boat deck. Bar builded on Red Lounge. Two aft lifeboat removed.<\/td><\/tr>
13\/5\/1980 <\/td>Evening cruises from Helsinki and charter cruises. <\/td><\/tr>
6-9\/1980 <\/td>Lappeenranta – Puumala – Savonlinna and Helsinki \/ kotka -Lappeenranta \/ Vyborg cruises. <\/td><\/tr>
22\/9\/1980 <\/td>Laid up winter on Helsinki <\/td><\/tr>
21-29\/10\/1980 <\/td>Drydocking on W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 Kotka shipyard. <\/td><\/tr>
18-24\/11\/1980 <\/td>Changed SB main engine on Ruoholahti, Helsinki. <\/td><\/tr>
4\/12\/1980 <\/td>Three years charter to Saimaan Laivamatkat OY . Later change name to Saimaan Laivat OY <\/td><\/tr>
14\/5\/1981 <\/td>5-6 hours evening cruises and Helsinki – Vyborg – Lappeenranta cruises <\/td><\/tr>
24\/6\/1981 <\/td>Lappeenranta – Puumala – Savonlinna and Lappeenranta – Vyborg cruises <\/td><\/tr>
18\/8\/1981 <\/td>5-6 hours evening cruises and Helsinki – Vyborg cruises <\/td><\/tr>
24\/9\/1981 <\/td>End of cruise season. <\/td><\/tr>
8\/11\/1981 <\/td>Saimaan Laivat was chartered ship to as a accommodation ship to Rauma-Repola OY, Pori. And without shipowner permisssion.<\/td><\/tr>
7-8\/11\/1981 <\/td>Kristina Brahe sailed from Helsinki to Pori <\/td><\/tr>
1\/12\/1981 <\/td>Saimaan Laivat OY went a bankrup. Kristina Brahe returned to Fagerlines. <\/td><\/tr>
16\/12\/1981 <\/td>Kristina Brahe arrived back to Helsinki <\/td><\/tr>
16-17\/12\/1981 <\/td>Leak side of engineroom. <\/td><\/tr>
21\/12\/1981 <\/td>36 days drydocking on Valmet Suomenlinnan Telakka, Helsinki. <\/td><\/tr>
26\/1\/1982 <\/td>Laid up on Helsinki <\/td><\/tr>
5\/1982 <\/td>5-6 hours evening cruises and Helsinki – Vyborg -Lappeenranta cruises and charter cruises <\/td><\/tr>
mid June \/ 1982 <\/td>Tuesday, Thursday and saturday Lappeenranta – Puumala – Savonlinna and Sunday Lappeenranta – Vyborg cruises <\/td><\/tr>
8\/1982 <\/td>5-6 hours evening cruises and Helsinki – Vyborg cruises and charter cruises <\/td><\/tr>
13\/9\/1982 <\/td>First Helsinki – Tallinna cruise <\/td><\/tr>
27\/9 -25\/11\/1982 <\/td>Drydocking <\/td><\/tr>
11\/10\/1982 <\/td>First contact to sell or chartered Kristina Brahe to Rannikkolinjat (Kristina Cruises) <\/td><\/tr>
25\/11\/1982 <\/td>Laid up winter on Helsinki <\/td><\/tr>
1983 <\/td>Modified ship to operate international waters. <\/td><\/tr>
5\/1983 <\/td>5-6 hours evening cruises and three Helsinki – Vyborg – Lappeenranta cruises, and charter cruises <\/td><\/tr>
13-15\/6\/1983 <\/td>First Helsinki – Leningrad cruise <\/td><\/tr>
17\/6\/1983 <\/td>Tuesday, Thursday and saturday Lappeenranta – Puumala – Savonlinna and Sunday Lappeenranta – Vyborg cruises <\/td><\/tr>
mid aug. 1983 <\/td>Evening cruises from Helsinki and charter cruises. Total two Leningrad and six Tallinn cruises for this season. <\/td><\/tr>
17\/9\/1983 <\/td>End of summer season <\/td><\/tr>
8\/11 – 9\/12\/1983 <\/td>Christmas party cruises from Helsinki. <\/td><\/tr>
10\/12\/1983 <\/td>Laid up winter on Helsinki. Build more toilets to cabins updated Multi-purpose Room <\/td><\/tr>
4\/5\/1984 <\/td>5-6 hours evening cruises and three Helsinki – Vyborg -Lapeenranta cruises, and charter cruises <\/td><\/tr>
Mid June 1984 <\/td>Tuesday, Thursday Lappeenranta – Puumala – Savonlinna and Friday and Sunday Lappeenranta – Vyborg cruises <\/td><\/tr>
Mid Aug. 1984 <\/td>Evening cruises from Helsinki and charter cruises. Total three Leningrad and seven Tallinn cruises for this season. <\/td><\/tr>
1984<\/td>Another plan to sell a ship to Rannikkolinjat OY, Kotka <\/td><\/tr>
11-12\/1984 <\/td>Negotiations on the sale of the Kristina Brahe to Rannikkolinjat OY. <\/td><\/tr>
28\/12\/1984 <\/td>Sold to Rannikkolinjat OY (Kristina Cruises), New homeport Kotka <\/td><\/tr>
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10\/1986 <\/td>Replace shortly Georg Ots in Helsinki – Tallinn route when Georg Ots was in accommodation ship on Reykjavik. <\/td><\/tr>
1987<\/td>Rebuild more cabins with private facilities. <\/td><\/tr>
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11\/5\/1991 <\/td>Savonlinna \/ Lappeenranta \/ Kotka \/ Helsinki – Vyborg cruises. Kotka – Uuras cruises. <\/td><\/tr>
31\/8-1\/12\/1991 <\/td>Kotka – Vyborg cruises <\/td><\/tr>
8\/5\/1992> <\/td>Savonlinna \/ Lappeenranta \/ Kotka – Vyborg cruises. Kotka – Uuras cruises. Kotka – Kronstadt cruises <\/td><\/tr>
3\/5\/1993 <\/td>Kotka – Vyborg, Kotka to Gulf of Finland Islands. Kotka – Kronstadt cruises <\/td><\/tr>
3\/9-28\/11\/1993 <\/td>Kotka – Vyborg cruises. On November, Evening on sea cruises from Kotka <\/td><\/tr>
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1997<\/td>Rebuild more cabins with private facilities. <\/td><\/tr>
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30\/4-5\/12\/1999 <\/td>Lappeenranta – Vyborg and Kotka – Vyborg – Lappeenranta cruises. Midsummer also Lappeenranta – Savonlinna cruises <\/td><\/tr>
28\/4-8\/7\/2000 <\/td>Lappeenranta – Vyborg and Kotka – Vyborg – Lappeenranta cruises. <\/td><\/tr>
8-14\/7\/2000 <\/td>Opera Cruise Kotka – St. Petersburg – Savonlinna – Lappeenranta <\/td><\/tr>
14\/7-5\/12\/2000 <\/td>Lappeenranta – Vyborg and Kotka – Vyborg – Lappeenranta cruises. <\/td><\/tr>
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30\/4\/2005 <\/td>Daycruises from Kotka <\/td><\/tr>
16-26\/5\/2005 <\/td>Bird migration on the Finnish Archipelago from Helsinki <\/td><\/tr>
2\/6-25\/8\/2005 <\/td>Helsinki – Kasn\u00e4s – Korppoo – K\u00f6kar – Mariehamn – Ut\u00f6 – Jurmo – H\u00f6gs\u00e5ra – Helsinki cruises and Helsinki –<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Kotka – Lappeenranta – Savonlinna – Puumala – Lappeenranta – Kotka – helsinki cruises.<\/td><\/tr>
2\/9-5\/12\/2005 <\/td>Day cruises from Kotka and Hamina <\/td><\/tr>
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12\/2007-5\/2008 <\/td>Build bigger sundeck and bar. Also bow thruster installed and build new cabins on deck 1. and 4. <\/td><\/tr>
13-25\/5\/2008 <\/td>Bird migration on the Finnish Archipelago from Helsinki <\/td><\/tr>
4\/9-23\/8\/2008 <\/td>Helsinki – Jussar\u00f6 – Tammisaari – Jurmo – Ut\u00f6 – K\u00f6kar – Nauvo – Helsinki cruises and<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Helsinki – Kotka – Lappeenranta – Savonlinna – Puumala – Lappeenranta – Kotka – helsinki cruises. <\/td><\/tr>
24\/8-9\/9\/2008 <\/td>Cruises to Turku archipelago and west coast of Finland <\/td><\/tr>
17\/9-31\/10\/2008 <\/td>Cruises on Lake Saimaa and Lake Kallavesi <\/td><\/tr>
1\/11-6\/12\/2008 <\/td>Lunch cruises from Lappeenranta and Kotka. <\/td><\/tr>
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7\/6\/2010 <\/td>Kristina Cruises published plans to looking buyer on Kristina Brahe . <\/td><\/tr>
9\/8\/2010 <\/td>Run aground near Sulkava, Lake of Saimaa, no damages to ship. <\/td><\/tr>
30\/8\/2010 <\/td>Last arrival to Helsinki. September cruises cancelled. <\/td><\/tr>
9\/2010 <\/td>Sold to Saimaan matkaverkko Oy, Lappeenranta , Finland
New name Brahe and homeport Lappeenranta.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/2010 <\/td>First arrival to home port <\/td><\/tr>
28\/5 – 6\/6\/2011 <\/td>Lappeenranta (Nuijamaa) – Vyborg day cruises. <\/td><\/tr>
6-12\/6\/2011 <\/td>Continue another week on Vyborg cruises due to delays of ms. Carelia repairing. <\/td><\/tr>
12\/6-21\/8\/2011 <\/td>Cruises from Helsinki, Kotka, Lappeenranta, Puumala and Savonlinna and charter cruises <\/td><\/tr>
22\/8\/2011 <\/td>Winter laid up at Lappeenranta <\/td><\/tr>
8\/5-26\/8\/2012 <\/td>Cruises on Turku archipelago , Gulf of Finland, Saimaa canal and lake of Saimaa <\/td><\/tr>
27\/8\/2012 <\/td>Winter laid up at Lappeenranta <\/td><\/tr>
9\/5-25\/8\/2013 <\/td>Cruises on Turku archipelago , Gulf of Finland, Saimaa canal , lake of Saimaa and Hamina – Vyborg cruises <\/td><\/tr>
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25\/8\/2014 <\/td>Chartered to Nordisk Cruise Line, Denmark. <\/td><\/tr>
9\/2014 <\/td>Short cruises from Faaborg and Faaborg – Flensburg cruises <\/td><\/tr>
1\/10\/2014 <\/td>Faaborg – Flensburg cruises cancelled. <\/td><\/tr>
3\/2015 <\/td>Charter with Nordisk Cruise Line cancelled. Summer 2015 season operated Saimaa Travel <\/td><\/tr>
6-8\/2015 <\/td>3-4 days cruises from Denmark and shorter cruises <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Cruises cancelled <\/td><\/tr>
28\/7\/2015 <\/td>Used as hotel ship for few days. <\/td><\/tr>
8\/2015 <\/td>Laid up at Flensburg <\/td><\/tr>
30\/9\/2015 <\/td>Voyage from Flensburg to Hamina. <\/td><\/tr>
10\/2016 <\/td>Some cruises from Hamina. <\/td><\/tr>
Winter 2015\/16 <\/td>Laid up at Hamina <\/td><\/tr>
6\/2016 <\/td>LOI to sell Brahe to HSD Sunnhordland AS, Norway <\/td><\/tr>
7\/7\/2016 <\/td>Voyage to Lappeenranta. <\/td><\/tr>
8\/7\/2016 <\/td>Lappeenranta – Vyborg cruises replace Carelia. <\/td><\/tr>
8\/2016 <\/td>Laid up shortly at Lappeenranta. <\/td><\/tr>
14-15\/8\/2016 <\/td>Voyage from Lappeenranta to Netaman shipyard, Tallinn. <\/td><\/tr>
18\/8\/2016 <\/td>Delivered to new owner. Norwegian flag <\/td><\/tr>
8-10\/2016<\/td>Drydocking and removing cabins at Tallinn.
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<\/td>New name Sunnhordland. <\/td><\/tr>
11\/2016<\/td>Voyage from Talinn to Bergen<\/td><\/tr>
2017-<\/td>Used sigthseeing and charter cruises<\/td><\/tr>
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