{"id":2014,"date":"2017-11-08T20:10:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T18:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=2014"},"modified":"2025-03-17T19:18:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T17:18:58","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=2014","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=2007\">Back to&nbsp;Ship<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>The Letter of Intent (LOI)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Building Contract<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4\/2\/1989<\/td><td>Launch and named to Normandie<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13\/7\/1989<\/td><td>Delivered to Brittany Ferries<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16\/7\/1989<\/td><td>Plymouth &#8211; Santander&nbsp; and Roscoff &#8211; Cork routes.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>29\/1\/1993<\/td><td>Portsmouth &#8211; Santander and Portsmouth &#8211; Caen routes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3\/1993<\/td><td>Plymouth &#8211; Santander&nbsp; and Roscoff &#8211; Cork routes.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2005<\/td><td>Roscoff &#8211; Plymouth route<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>29\/1\/2006<\/td><td>Portsmouth &#8211; Cherbourg route<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/2006<\/td><td>Roscoff &#8211; Plymouth route<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Winter 2006\/2007<\/td><td>Portsmouth &#8211; Santander&nbsp; and Roscoff &#8211; Plymouth routes.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>27\/2\/2007<\/td><td>Cherbourg &#8211; Poole route for two weeks.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2009<\/td><td>Refurbished<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/1-9\/2\/2011<\/td><td>Drydocking at Gdansk<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/2011<\/td><td>Laid up Dunkerque , later Le Havre<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3\/2012<\/td><td>Portsmouth &#8211; St. Malo route<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>28\/11\/2012<\/td><td>Laid up Dunkerque<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18\/3\/2013<\/td><td>Portsmouth &#8211; St. Malo route<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/2025<\/td><td>Sold to Balearia.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17\/3\/2025<\/td><td>New name Rosalind Franklin. Cyprus flag.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to&nbsp;Ship &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; History The Letter of Intent (LOI) Building Contract Keel laid 4\/2\/1989 Launch and named to Normandie 13\/7\/1989 Delivered to Brittany Ferries 16\/7\/1989 Plymouth &#8211; Santander&nbsp; and Roscoff &#8211; Cork routes. 29\/1\/1993 Portsmouth &#8211; Santander and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=2014\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2007,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2014","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2014","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=2014"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41009,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2014\/revisions\/41009"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}