{"id":27136,"date":"2021-03-28T11:52:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T09:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=27136"},"modified":"2021-04-06T17:58:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T15:58:19","slug":"starry-metropolis-history-7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=27136","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=27127\">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-stripes\"><table><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>14\/4\/1976<\/td><td>Launch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Sea trial <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Second sea trial <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/1976<\/td><td>Delivered to Black Sea Shipping Co, Odessa, Soviet Union<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Used as ferry in Black sea and chartered as a cruise ship to Western operators.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1\/6\/1981<\/td><td>Ran aground during a cruise off Arrecife and had to be evacuated.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>30\/7\/1981<\/td><td>Arrived to Tyne where repaired and rebuild to cruise ship.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/1982<\/td><td>New name Leonid Brezhnev.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1989<\/td><td>Had original name Kareliya back.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17\/3\/1997<\/td><td>Arrested in Noum\u00e9a.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/1998<\/td><td>Sold to Kaalbye Shipping International, Monrovia, Liberia.<br>New name Olvia.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Charter to Peace Boat.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19\/3\/2001<\/td><td>Sold to K&amp;O Shipping, Panama.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20\/12\/2004<\/td><td>New name CT Neptune.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Used as  casino cruise ship in Hong Kong<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/2005<\/td><td>Sold to Walden Maritime SA, Panama. Continue same service.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14\/4\/2005<\/td><td>New name CT Neptune.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>27\/2\/2006<\/td><td>New name Neptune<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>29\/7\/2011<\/td><td>Sold to Income China International, Hong Kong.<br>New name Starry Metropolis. Kiribati  flag, home port <br>South Tarawa.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Continue Casino cruises from Hong Kong.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4\/2013<\/td><td>Jamaica flag, home port Kingston.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2020<\/td><td>Laid up <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3\/2021<\/td><td>Reported sold to scrap.<\/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><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 14\/4\/1976 Launch Sea trial Second sea trial 12\/1976 Delivered to Black Sea Shipping Co, Odessa, Soviet Union Used as ferry in Black sea and chartered as &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=27136\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":27127,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27136","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27136","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=27136"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27139,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27136\/revisions\/27139"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}