{"id":28112,"date":"2021-07-25T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T09:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=28112"},"modified":"2021-08-27T20:38:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T18:38:11","slug":"ola-esmeralda-1966-history-12","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=28112","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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                                    History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/td>Building contract<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Building started<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr>
14\/5\/1966<\/td>Launch<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Sea trial <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Second sea trial <\/td><\/tr>
10\/1966<\/td>Delivered to Fred Olsen & Co, Oslo, Norway<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1966<\/td>Cruises from London-Rotterdam to Canary Islands<\/td><\/tr>
15\/5\/1967<\/td>DBDS (Bergenske) service Kristiansand – Harwich and Kristiansand – Amsterdam.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1967<\/td>Cruises from London-Rotterdam to Canary Islands<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1968<\/td>DBDS (Bergenske) service Kristiansand – Harwich and Kristiansand – Amsterdam.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1968<\/td>Cruises from London-Rotterdam to Canary Islands<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1969<\/td>DBDS (Bergenske) service Kristiansand – Harwich and Kristiansand – Amsterdam.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1969<\/td>Cruises from London-Rotterdam to Canary Islands<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1970<\/td>DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1970<\/td>Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1971<\/td>DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1971<\/td>Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1972<\/td>DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1972<\/td>Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1973<\/td>DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.<\/td><\/tr>
22\/5\/1973<\/td>Engine problems<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1973<\/td>Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1974<\/td>DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1974<\/td>Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1975<\/td>DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1975<\/td>Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1976<\/td>DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1976<\/td>Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1977<\/td>DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1977<\/td>Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1978<\/td>DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1978<\/td>Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1979<\/td>DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1979<\/td>Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1980<\/td>DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1980<\/td>Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1981<\/td>DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1981<\/td>Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1982<\/td>DFDS service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle. and Esbjerg – Newcastle route.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1982<\/td>Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1983<\/td>DFDS service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle. and Esbjerg – Newcastle route.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1983<\/td>Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1984<\/td>DFDS service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle. and Esbjerg – Newcastle route.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1984<\/td>Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1985<\/td>Short charters<\/td><\/tr>
22\/5\/1985<\/td>Bergen – Newcastle route operated Norway Line.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1985<\/td>Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.<\/td><\/tr>
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5\/1986<\/td>Bergen – Newcastle route operated Norway Line.<\/td><\/tr>
1\/86-2\/1987<\/td>Rebuild to cruise ship by Oy W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 AB, Turku , Finland<\/td><\/tr>
12\/2\/1987<\/td>New owner Vinta Maritime Co. Inc, (Fred Olsen & Co), Manila, Filippines.<\/td><\/tr>
28\/2\/1987<\/td>Cruises from Southampton to Mediterranean and North Africa.<\/td><\/tr>
27\/5\/1989<\/td>Flagged to Oslo, Norway (NIS)<\/td><\/tr>
6\/1990<\/td>Cruises between G\u00f6teborg and Copenhagen. Cruises soon cancelled after protest\u00b4s of using Philippines crew.<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Laid up at Oslo.<\/td><\/tr>
1990<\/td>Owner Fred Olsen & Co, Hvitsten, Norway.<\/td><\/tr>
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1\/2001<\/td>Bahamas flag.<\/td><\/tr>
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2006<\/td>Owner Fred Olsen Cruise Lines Pte Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas<\/td><\/tr>
2007<\/td>Owner Black Prince Cruise Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas.<\/td><\/tr>
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9\/5\/2009<\/td>Sold to Servicios Acuaticos de Venezuela CA (SAVECA), Venezuela<\/td><\/tr>
11\/10\/2009<\/td>End of last cruise for Fred. Olsen.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/2009<\/td>Delivered to Servicios Acuaticos Venezuela.<\/td><\/tr>
11\/2009<\/td>New name Prince. Voyage to Venezuela.<\/td><\/tr>
12\/2009<\/td>New name Ola Esmeralda. Plans to cruising cancelled.<\/td><\/tr>
1\/2010<\/td>Chartered to Mexican oil company to accommodation ship.<\/td><\/tr>
2010<\/td>Chartered to U.N. usea as accommodation ship in Haiti.<\/td><\/tr>
27\/10\/2012<\/td>Arrived in Ozema River, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.<\/td><\/tr>
13\/4\/2013<\/td>Panama flag.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/2013<\/td>Scrapped in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.<\/td><\/tr>
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Back to Ship                                     History LOI Building contract Building started Keel laid 14\/5\/1966 Launch Sea trial Second sea trial 10\/1966 Delivered to Fred Olsen & Co, Oslo, Norway 10\/1966 Cruises from London-Rotterdam to Canary Islands 15\/5\/1967 DBDS (Bergenske) service … Continue reading History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":28096,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28112","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28112","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=28112"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28118,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28112\/revisions\/28118"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}