{"id":20669,"date":"2020-03-05T07:58:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T05:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=20669"},"modified":"2020-03-10T06:46:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T04:46:01","slug":"daphne-history-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=20669","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=20658\">Back to\u00a0Ship<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 History<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>LOI<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Building contract<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Building started<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>29\/10\/1954<\/td><td>Launch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Sea trial <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Second sea trial <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3\/1955<\/td><td>Delivered to Port Line, London, UK<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1955<\/td><td>England &#8211; Australia- New Zealand service as a cargo ship<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1972<\/td><td>Sold to J.C. Karras, Pireus, Greece. New name Akrotiri Express.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/1972<\/td><td>Rebuild to cruise ship in Chalkis Shipyard Geece.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6\/1974<\/td><td>New name Daphne.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>26\/7\/1976<\/td><td>Cruises in Mediterranean,  operated Delian Athina Cruises.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>23\/5\/1979<\/td><td>Charter to Costa Cruises.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1984 <\/td><td>Sold to Costa Armatori SpA, Panama.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1990<\/td><td>Charter to Prestige Cruises.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/1996<\/td><td>Charter to Schweiziska Veranstalter Leisure Cruise.<br>New name Switzerland.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6\/2000<\/td><td>Sold to Dreamline Cruises, Monrovia, Liberia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>27\/9\/2001<\/td><td>Laid up at Marseille.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/2002<\/td><td>Charter to Page &amp; Moy. New name Ocean Odyssey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3\/2002<\/td><td>Sold to Oceania Cruising. New name Ocean Monarch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/2005<\/td><td>Used as hospital ship at Sri Lanka.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10\/2005<\/td><td>Laid up at Eleusis bay<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2006<\/td><td>Charter<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>30\/10\/2006<\/td><td>Laid up at Eleusis bay<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/2007<\/td><td>Sold to Classic International Cruises, Lissabon, Portugal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2008<\/td><td>Refurbished<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3\/2008<\/td><td>New owner Golden Laurel Maritime Inc. (CIC)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/2008<\/td><td>New name Princess Daphne.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Laid up after Classic International Cruises economical problems.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>30\/4\/2014<\/td><td>Sold to Argo Systems FZE, St.Kitts and Nevis. <br>New name Daphne.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14\/6\/2014<\/td><td>Scrapped<\/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\u00a0Ship \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 History LOI Building contract Building started Keel laid 29\/10\/1954 Launch Sea trial Second sea trial 3\/1955 Delivered to Port Line, London, UK 1955 England &#8211; Australia- New Zealand service as a cargo ship 1972 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=20669\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":20658,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20669","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20669","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=20669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20670,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20669\/revisions\/20670"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}