{"id":28396,"date":"2021-08-25T20:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T18:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=28396"},"modified":"2021-08-27T20:14:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T18:14:32","slug":"columbus-c-1953-history-17","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=28396","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=28387\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"28387\">Back to\u00a0Ship<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>LOI<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1\/4\/1950<\/td><td>Building contract<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Building started<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20\/1\/1951<\/td><td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18\/10\/1952<\/td><td>Launch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Sea trial <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Second sea trial <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>30\/9\/1953<\/td><td>Delivered to AB Svenska Amerika Linjen, G\u00f6teborg, Sweden<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24\/11\/1953<\/td><td>G\u00f6teborg &#8211; New York service summer seasons and cruises winter seasons.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1961<\/td><td>Stabilizers fitted.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/6\/1964<\/td><td>Sold to Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL), W.Germany<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>21\/8\/1965<\/td><td>Last transatlantic voyage.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15\/10\/1965<\/td><td>Delivered to new owner. New name Europa.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10\/1965<\/td><td>Refurbished n Bremerhaven<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9\/1\/1966<\/td><td>Maiden voyage from Bremerhaven to New York. <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Trans atlantic voyages in summer and cruises in winter seasons.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1\/9\/1970<\/td><td>Transferred to Hapag-Lloyd Ag, Bremen, W.Germany <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Continue cruises and trans atlantic voyages.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/1981<\/td><td>Sold to Costa Armatori SpA, Genova. Italy. Panama flag, New name Columbus C.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Continue cruises.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>29\/7\/1984<\/td><td>Hit a breakwater at Cadiz, Spain.  She reached  her berth , but sunk soon after  passengers and crew was evacuated.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Refloated later<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Sold to Mirak SA, Spain<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/4\/1985<\/td><td>Arrived to Barcelona for scrapping.<\/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><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 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; History LOI 1\/4\/1950 Building contract Building started 20\/1\/1951 Keel laid 18\/10\/1952 Launch Sea trial Second sea trial 30\/9\/1953 Delivered to AB Svenska Amerika Linjen, G\u00f6teborg, Sweden 24\/11\/1953 G\u00f6teborg &#8211; New York service summer seasons and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=28396\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":28387,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28396","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28396","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=28396"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28399,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28396\/revisions\/28399"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}