{"id":23264,"date":"2020-08-31T20:55:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T18:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=23264"},"modified":"2020-09-06T12:43:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T10:43:43","slug":"orient-explorer-history-15","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=23264","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/td>Building contract<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Building started<\/td><\/tr>
26\/2\/1943 <\/td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr>
2\/8\/1943 <\/td>Launch<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Sea trial <\/td><\/tr>
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9\/10\/1943 <\/td>Delivered to US Navy <\/td><\/tr>
9\/10\/1943 <\/td>Chartered to Great Britain and commissioned HMS
Kilham (Z 07); Reclassified BEC-7 <\/td><\/tr>
12\/1946 <\/td>Returned to USA. Laid up <\/td><\/tr>
1947 <\/td>Take out from register <\/td><\/tr>
1949<\/td>Sold to S\/A Investment (Fylkesbaatane i Sogne og Fjordane, Mgrs.) , Bergen, Norway. <\/td><\/tr>
1950<\/td>Rebuild to car ferry . New name Sognefjord <\/td><\/tr>
1950<\/td>Norwegian coastal routes. <\/td><\/tr>
1958<\/td>Sold to Fylkesbataane i Sogne og Fjordane , Bergen, Norway. <\/td><\/tr>
1982<\/td>Sold to Filmeffekt A\/S of Oslo,Norway. New name Orion. <\/td><\/tr>
1984<\/td>Sold to K\/S Orion Film A\/S, Oslo , Norway. Laid up. <\/td><\/tr>
1987<\/td>Sold to Matkat OY, Helsinki, Finland. <\/td><\/tr>
1991<\/td>Sold to Orion Risteilyt OY, Hamina, Finland. <\/td><\/tr>
7\/10\/1992 <\/td>New name Corona. <\/td><\/tr>
10\/10\/1992 <\/td>New name Orion. <\/td><\/tr>
1996 <\/td>Sold to Jaakko Mathias Eriksson, Honduras. <\/td><\/tr>
1997<\/td>Sold to Ab Dronkers BV, Rotterdam, Holland. New name Orient Explorer. <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Diving cruises <\/td><\/tr>
2009<\/td>Drydocking at Labuan Shipyard, Malaysia <\/td><\/tr>
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