{"id":28460,"date":"2021-08-30T21:36:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T19:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=28460"},"modified":"2021-09-30T18:59:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T16:59:03","slug":"mermaid-ii-1972-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=28460","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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                                    History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>LOI<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Building contract<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Building started<\/td><\/tr>
18\/2\/1972<\/td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr>
25\/4\/1972<\/td>Launch<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Sea trial <\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>Second sea trial <\/td><\/tr>
7\/9\/1972<\/td>Delivered to Merivienti Oy, Kotka, Finland.<\/td><\/tr>
9\/1972<\/td>Kotka – Helsinki – L\u00fcbeck – Copenhagen service. operatedFinnlines.<\/td><\/tr>
1\/1\/1976<\/td>Chartered to Oy Finncarriers Ab, Helsinki, Finland<\/td><\/tr>
4\/1977<\/td>Kotka – Helsinki – Hanko – Turku – L\u00fcbeck service<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
1\/10\/1982<\/td>Sold to SHO Oy (Finnish Steamship Company) Helsinki, Finland<\/td><\/tr>
1\/10\/1982<\/td>OwnerFinland Line OY, Helsinki, FInland.<\/td><\/tr>
22\/10\/1984<\/td>New name Capella.<\/td><\/tr>
12\/11\/1984<\/td>New owner Thomesto Oy (Oy Finnlines Ltd), Helsinki, Finland.<\/td><\/tr>
1\/1985<\/td>Helsinki – Hanko – \u00c5rhus – L\u00fcbeck route.<\/td><\/tr>
18\/12\/1985<\/td>Sold to And. Smith Rederi Ab, Stockholm, Sweden<\/td><\/tr>
30\/12\/1986<\/td>Delivered to new owner. New name Capella av Stockholm. <\/td><\/tr>
30\/12\/1986<\/td>Helsinki – \u00c5rhus – L\u00fcbeck route.<\/td><\/tr>
7\/9\/1988<\/td>End of charter. Drydocking at Kiel.<\/td><\/tr>
18\/9\/1988<\/td>Sold to p\/r Ab Finnmaid, Stockholm, Sweden. New name Finnmaid.<\/td><\/tr>
13\/11\/1988<\/td>Charter to Town Ferry Rederi AB. Sweden<\/td><\/tr>
13\/11\/1988<\/td>Halmstad – \u00c5rhus route<\/td><\/tr>
2\/1\/1989<\/td>Charter to Finnlink OY. Uusikaupunki – Hargshamn route.<\/td><\/tr>
4\/3\/1989<\/td>Grounded near Uusikaupunki. Get free later<\/td><\/tr>
4-6\/3\/1989<\/td>Repaired in W\u00e4rtsil\u00e4 , Turku shipyard.<\/td><\/tr>
6-30\/9\/1989<\/td>Rebuild by HDW, Kiel , W.Germany<\/td><\/tr>
21\/10\/1989<\/td>Grounded near Hargshamn<\/td><\/tr>
27\/10-7\/12\/1989<\/td>Repaired in Oskarshamn Varv, Sweden<\/td><\/tr>
19\/1\/1990<\/td>Owner Artos F\u00f6rvaltnings AB, Hargshamn, Sweden<\/td><\/tr>
8\/2\/1990<\/td>Owner Finnmaid AB, Hargshamn, Sweden.<\/td><\/tr>
6\/2\/1991<\/td>Grounded near Hargshamn.<\/td><\/tr>
7-24\/2\/1991<\/td>Repaired Finnboda varv.<\/td><\/tr>
30\/8\/1993<\/td>Sold to p\/r Finnmaid, Helsinki, Finland.<\/td><\/tr>
1\/4\/1997<\/td>Nantali – Kapellsk\u00e4r route.<\/td><\/tr>
16\/6\/1997<\/td>Collision with roadferry Mergus.<\/td><\/tr>
30\/6\/1997<\/td>Sold to Finnlines OY, Helsinki, FInland.<\/td><\/tr>
20\/7\/1998<\/td>Laid up at Turku.<\/td><\/tr>
3\/9\/1998<\/td>Charter to Finncarriesrs. Turku – Hanko – Travem\u00fcnde – L\u00fcbeck service.<\/td><\/tr>
12\/1999<\/td>Laid up at Helsinki<\/td><\/tr>
2\/4\/2000<\/td>Charter to Finnlink. Naantali – Kapellsk\u00e4r route.<\/td><\/tr>
6\/5\/2000<\/td>Laid up at Mariehamn.<\/td><\/tr>
31\/7\/2000<\/td>Charter to VV-Line. Ventspils – V\u00e4stervik route.<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1\/2001<\/td>Ventspils – V\u00e4stervik and Tallinn – V\u00e4stervik routes.<\/td><\/tr>
24\/7\/2001<\/td>Sold to VV Line LV, Ventspils, Lithuania<\/td><\/tr>
26\/7\/2001<\/td>New name Mermaid. Rebuild in Tallinn. <\/td><\/tr>
7\/11\/2001<\/td>Sold to Blackspan Co, Panama<\/td><\/tr>
3\/12\/2001<\/td>New name Mermaid II. Panama flag.<\/td><\/tr>
14\/5\/2002<\/td>Tallinn – V\u00e4stervik route.<\/td><\/tr>
13\/7-17\/8\/2002<\/td>Docking at Tallinn.<\/td><\/tr>
17\/8\/2002<\/td>Paldiski – V\u00e4stervik route.<\/td><\/tr>
23\/10\/2002<\/td>Grounded near V\u00e4stervik.<\/td><\/tr>
26\/10-28\/11\/2002<\/td>Repaired in Turku Repairing yard.<\/td><\/tr>
20\/12\/2002<\/td>Route closed. Laid up<\/td><\/tr>
1\/1\/2003<\/td>Charter to Latlines (DFDS)<\/td><\/tr>
8\/1\/2003<\/td>Riga – Kiel route.<\/td><\/tr>
13\/2\/2003<\/td>Sold to Skandia Liv Ab, Panama<\/td><\/tr>
14\/3\/2003<\/td>Travem\u00fcnde – Riga route.<\/td><\/tr>
1\/2\/2004<\/td>Karlshamn – Klaipeda route<\/td><\/tr>
1\/2005<\/td>Riga – L\u00fcbeck – Ventspils route.<\/td><\/tr>
12\/2007<\/td>Travem\u00fcnde – Riga route.<\/td><\/tr>
21\/10\/2008<\/td>Laid up at Kiel.<\/td><\/tr>
1\/8\/2009<\/td>Charter to Iliria Lines. Durres – Trieste route.<\/td><\/tr>
9\/2009<\/td>Laid up due to engine problems.<\/td><\/tr>
11\/2009<\/td>Sold to scrap<\/td><\/tr>
20\/11\/2009<\/td>Beached in Aliaga , Turkey. Scrapped.<\/td><\/tr>
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Back to Ship                                     History LOI Building contract Building started 18\/2\/1972 Keel laid 25\/4\/1972 Launch Sea trial Second sea trial 7\/9\/1972 Delivered to Merivienti Oy, Kotka, Finland. 9\/1972 Kotka – Helsinki – L\u00fcbeck – Copenhagen service. operatedFinnlines. 1\/1\/1976 Chartered … Continue reading History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":28451,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28460","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28460","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=28460"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28470,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28460\/revisions\/28470"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}