{"id":36739,"date":"2024-02-24T22:20:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T20:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=36739"},"modified":"2026-01-01T15:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T13:04:06","slug":"gnv-aries-history-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=36739","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=36731\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"36731\">Back to&nbsp;Ship<\/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-stripes\"><table class=\"has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background\"><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td>LOI<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20\/2\/1985<\/td><td>Building contract<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Building started<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24\/8\/1985<\/td><td>Keel laid <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9\/9\/1986<\/td><td>Launch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Sea trial <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Second sea trial <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>31\/5\/1987<\/td><td>Delivered to North Sea Ferries (P&amp;O), Hull, England.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9\/6\/1987<\/td><td>Hull &#8211; Rotterdam route.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/2001<\/td><td>Rebuild by Lloyd-Werft, Bremerhaven, Germany.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3\/2002<\/td><td>Hull &#8211; Zeebr\u00fcgge route.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/9\/2002<\/td><td>Fire on engineroom<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9\/9\/2002<\/td><td>Back in service.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15\/10\/2002<\/td><td>Operated P&amp;O ferries, same route.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22\/1\/2003<\/td><td>New name Pride of York.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>31\/10\/2003<\/td><td>Owner P&amp;O North Sea Ferries Ltd, Hull, England.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/2011<\/td><td>Bahamas flag.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10\/12\/2020<\/td><td>Laid up at Rotterdam.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15\/4\/2021<\/td><td>Sold to Pride Ferries Shipping Ltd, Limassol , Cypros. <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17\/4\/2021<\/td><td>Voyage to Napoli, Italy.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20\/5\/2021<\/td><td>New name GNV Aries. Homeport Napoli, Italy.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/6\/2021<\/td><td>Napoli &#8211; Palermo route.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>31\/5\/2023<\/td><td>Engineroom fire.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7\/8\/2024<\/td><td>Take out of service due to engine problems.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5\/12\/2024<\/td><td>Sold to scrap for Dido Steel Co.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>27\/1\/2025<\/td><td>Beached in Aliaga, Turkey.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td>Scrapped.<\/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&nbsp;Ship &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; History LOI 20\/2\/1985 Building contract Building started 24\/8\/1985 Keel laid 9\/9\/1986 Launch Sea trial Second sea trial 31\/5\/1987 Delivered to North Sea Ferries (P&amp;O), Hull, England. 9\/6\/1987 Hull &#8211; Rotterdam route. 12\/2001 Rebuild by Lloyd-Werft, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=36739\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":36731,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36739","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36739","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=36739"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43950,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36739\/revisions\/43950"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}