{"id":21400,"date":"2020-03-27T21:10:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T19:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=21400"},"modified":"2025-05-03T20:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T18:07:09","slug":"saga-sapphire-history-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=21400","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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                                    History<\/h3>\n\n\n
<\/td>LOI<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Building contract<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Building started<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr>
22\/12\/1980<\/td>Launch<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Sea trial <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Second sea trial <\/td><\/tr>
5\/12\/1981<\/td>Delivered to Hapag-Lloyd AG, Bremen, Germany.<\/td><\/tr>
8\/1\/1982 <\/td>Maiden voyage from Genova to Africa <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Cruises around the World <\/td><\/tr>
3\/8\/1985 <\/td>Grounded coast of Greenland. <\/td><\/tr>
30\/4\/1992 <\/td>Collision with container ship Inchon Glory near Hong Kong. passengers evacuated. <\/td><\/tr>
5\/1992 <\/td>Towed to Singapore where repaired. <\/td><\/tr>
7\/7\/1992 <\/td>Back in service. <\/td><\/tr>
5\/4\/1998 <\/td>Sold to Star Cruises, delivery 1999. <\/td><\/tr>
1\/7\/1999 <\/td>Delivered to Star Cruises. New name Superstar Europe. Bahamas flag. <\/td><\/tr>
31\/7\/1999 <\/td>Arrived to Singapore <\/td><\/tr>
8\/1999 <\/td>Rebuild on Sembawang Shipyard, Singapore <\/td><\/tr>
10\/1999 <\/td>Cruises from Leam Chabang. <\/td><\/tr>
2\/2000 <\/td>New name Superstar Aries <\/td><\/tr>
3\/2001 <\/td>Plans to add Aries to Orint Lines fleet cancelled after 9\/11. <\/td><\/tr>
2002<\/td>Cruises from thailand and China <\/td><\/tr>
3\/2004 <\/td>Sold to Pullmantur Cruises. New name Holiday Dreram. <\/td><\/tr>
2004<\/td>Cruises mostly on Caribbean. <\/td><\/tr>
6\/2006 <\/td>Owner Pullmantur Cruises Holiday Dream Ltd. Malta flag. <\/td><\/tr>
5\/2008 <\/td>Owner Cdf Bleu De France Ltd. New name Bleu de France. <\/td><\/tr>
spring 2008 <\/td>Refurbished at Barcelona. <\/td><\/tr>
Summer seasons <\/td>Cruises from marseille to Mediterranean <\/td><\/tr>
winter seasons <\/td>Cruises from La Romana to Caribbean <\/td><\/tr>
3\/11\/2010 <\/td>Sold to Saga Cruises BDF Ltd. <\/td><\/tr>
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3\/2012 <\/td>Rebuild at Fincantieri, Palermo. <\/td><\/tr>
2\/2012 <\/td>New name Saga Sapphire. Owner Saga Cruises II Ltd. <\/td><\/tr>
4\/2012 <\/td>Engine failure forced to cancel maiden voyage <\/td><\/tr>
12\/2013 <\/td>Owner Acromas Shipping Ltd <\/td><\/tr>
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2016<\/td>Cruises from Southampton to Caribbean, Mediterranean and Norway <\/td><\/tr>
4-6\/2016 <\/td>Docking ? <\/td><\/tr>
14\/6\/2016 <\/td>Cruises from Dover to Mediterranean, Western and Northern Europe <\/td><\/tr>
23\/9\/2016 <\/td>Cruises from Southampton to Mediterranean, Western and Northern Europe and Caribbean <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
8\/2019<\/td>Rumours that Saga Sapphire is sold to ANEX Tour, Turkey.<\/td><\/tr>
16\/3\/2020<\/td>Laid up for sale at Tilbury, UK<\/td><\/tr>
18\/6\/2020<\/td>Sold to Lagoon sea Cruises Ltd. Nassau , Bahamas.
New name Blue Sapphire.<\/td><\/tr>
2020<\/td>Operated Selectum Blu Cruises.<\/td><\/tr>
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Back to Ship                                     History LOI Building contract Building started Keel laid 22\/12\/1980 Launch Sea trial Second sea trial 5\/12\/1981 Delivered to Hapag-Lloyd AG, Bremen, Germany. 8\/1\/1982 Maiden voyage from Genova to Africa Cruises around the World 3\/8\/1985 Grounded … Continue reading History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21388,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21400","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21400","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=21400"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41216,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21400\/revisions\/41216"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}