{"id":25403,"date":"2020-10-31T10:39:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T08:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=25403"},"modified":"2020-11-14T19:59:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T17:59:12","slug":"formosa-queen-history-11","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=25403","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=25386\">Back to&nbsp;Ship<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 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>2\/12\/1969<\/td><td>Launch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Sea trial <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Second sea trial <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/10\/1970<\/td><td>Delivered to Royal Caribbean Cruises, Oslo, Norway<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7\/11\/1970<\/td><td>Cruises in Caribbean<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>30\/8-26\/11\/1978<\/td><td>Lengthened 26 meters by W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 OY, Helsinki, Finland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/1997<\/td><td>Sold to Airtours Sun Cruises, Nassau, Bahamas.<br>New name Sundream.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1997<\/td><td>Sky Bar removed.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1997<\/td><td>Cruises in Mediterranean and Northern Europe.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1\/2004<\/td><td>Sold to Tumaco Navigation Co, Limassol, Cyprus.<br>New name Dream Princess.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2005<\/td><td>Refurbished<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2005<\/td><td>Operated by Caspi Cruises, Israel. Cruises from Haifa.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1\/2006<\/td><td>Used as accommodation ship on New Orleans.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6\/2006<\/td><td>Sold to Lance Shipping Co, Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas. <br>New name Dream.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/2006<\/td><td>Cruises from Dubai<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2007<\/td><td>Cruises in Mediterranean.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18\/11\/2007<\/td><td>Collision with cargo vessel due to heavy wind near Rhodes.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>28\/11\/2007<\/td><td>Arrived to Kusadasi, Turkey for repairing and rebuilding.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/2007<\/td><td>Sold to Pearl Owner Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas<br> (Clipper group). New name Clipper Pearl.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10\/2\/2008<\/td><td>Docking at Malta Shipyard, Valletta, Malta<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2008<\/td><td>Charter to Peace Boat.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/2008<\/td><td>New name Clipper Pacific<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>late 2008 <\/td><td> Engine repairing at Turkey, laid up. <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7\/2009<\/td><td>New name Festival. Operated Caspi Cruises<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/2009<\/td><td>Charter to Quail Travel&#8217;s Happy Cruises.  New name Ocean Pearl.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24\/9\/2011<\/td><td>Quail Travel went bankrupt. Laid up.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4\/2012<\/td><td>Sold to Formosa Queen Co, Panama. <br>New name Formosa Queen.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/2013<\/td><td>Sold to scrapping in China.<\/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 LOI Building contract Building started Keel laid 2\/12\/1969 Launch Sea trial Second sea trial 5\/10\/1970 Delivered to Royal Caribbean Cruises, Oslo, Norway 7\/11\/1970 Cruises in Caribbean 30\/8-26\/11\/1978 Lengthened 26 meters by W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 OY, Helsinki, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=25403\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":25386,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25403","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25403","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=25403"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25405,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25403\/revisions\/25405"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}