{"id":22302,"date":"2020-06-06T07:32:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T05:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=22302"},"modified":"2020-07-20T18:45:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T16:45:28","slug":"texas-treasure-history-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=22302","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=22291\">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>11\/1966<\/td><td>Building contract<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Building started<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15\/3\/1967<\/td><td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>28\/2\/1968<\/td><td>Launch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Sea trial <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Second sea trial <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13\/7\/1968<\/td><td>Delivered to British Transport Commision, London, England<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17\/7\/1968<\/td><td>Harwich &#8211; Hoek Van Holland route operater British Railways.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1\/1\/1979<\/td><td>New owner Sealink UK, Ltd, London, England.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6\/6\/1983<\/td><td>Laid up at Harwich.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18\/9\/1984<\/td><td>Sold to Psatha Navigation, Co, Ltd, Limassol, Cyprus. <br>New name Patra Express<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1984<\/td><td>Ventouris Lines service between Italy and Greece.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1988<\/td><td>New main engines<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4-7\/1990<\/td><td>Rebuild by Humber Shiprepair, Immingham, England<br> to day cruise ship. New name Scandinavian Sky II.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7\/1990<\/td><td>Sold to MSJ Shipping Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas. <br>New name Scandinavian Dawn.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/1990<\/td><td>Fort Lauderdale &#8211; Freeport cruises , operated SeaEscape.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/1996<\/td><td>Operator SeaEscape Cruises, Nassau, Bahamas.<br> New name Discovery Dawn.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/1996<\/td><td>Casino cruises from Port Everglades<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/1998<\/td><td>Charter to New SeaEscape. New name Island Dawn.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/1998<\/td><td>Laid up at New York.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/1999<\/td><td>New name Discovery Dawn. <br>Casino cruises from Port Isabel, Texas, <br>Operated Discovery Cruise Lines<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2000<\/td><td>New owner Discovery Dawn Ltd. Partnership, Nassau, Bahamas<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7\/2000<\/td><td>Charter to Viva Gaming &amp; Resorts. New name Texas Treasure.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15\/9\/2000<\/td><td>Casino Cruises from Corpus Christi, Texas.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2001<\/td><td>Laid up at Freeport<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10\/2002<\/td><td>Casino Cruises from Palm Beach.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20\/2\/2003<\/td><td>Casino cruises from Port Aransas, Texas.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7\/2008<\/td><td>Sold to scrap.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>26\/9\/2008<\/td><td>Beached in Alang, India. 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