{"id":6741,"date":"2018-01-05T12:55:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T10:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=6741"},"modified":"2023-03-31T19:36:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T17:36:59","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=6741","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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                                 History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
 <\/td>Building contract<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>Start of Production<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr>
10\/3\/1965<\/td>Launch<\/td><\/tr>
23\/6\/1965<\/td>Delivered to Thoresen Car Ferries, Norway<\/td><\/tr>
1965<\/td>Southampton – Cherbourg \/ Le Havre routes.<\/td><\/tr>
1966 – 1970<\/td>Winter charters to Lion Ferry , Bremerhaven – Harwich route.<\/td><\/tr>
1968<\/td>Operator Townsend Thoresen<\/td><\/tr>
1970 – 1977<\/td>Winter charters to Larvik-Frederikshavnferjen A\/S, Norway  Larvik – Frederikshamn route.<\/td><\/tr>
winter 1975\/1976<\/td>Charter to Fred Olsen Lines, Kristiansand – Hirtshal route.<\/td><\/tr>
1976 – 1981<\/td>Short winter charters to Jydsk F\u00e6rgefart A\/S, Denmark. Gren\u00e5 – Hundested route.<\/td><\/tr>
3\/1978<\/td>Felixstowe – Europoort route on Townsend Thoresen service<\/td><\/tr>
10\/1979<\/td>Leith – Kristiansand route  on Townsend Thoresen service<\/td><\/tr>
1980 – 1981<\/td>Charters to Sealink and Sealink Manx Line .<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1980<\/td>Charter to B&I Line, Ireland<\/td><\/tr>
6\/9\/1981<\/td>Charter to Fred Olsen Lines, Kristiansand – Hirtshal route.<\/td><\/tr>
1982<\/td>Sold to Da-No Linjen A\/S Oslo, Norway. New name Terje Vigen.<\/td><\/tr>
1982<\/td>Frederikstad – Frederikshavn route.<\/td><\/tr>
1986<\/td>Sold to Rederi Narko A\/S, Norway.<\/td><\/tr>
1986<\/td>Charter to KG-Line , Kaskinen, Finland<\/td><\/tr>
summer 1986<\/td>Kaskinen – G\u00e4vle route.<\/td><\/tr>
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1990<\/td>Sold to Hang\u00f6 Line. Plans to start  service Hanko – Mariehamn – Visby, but never started service.<\/td><\/tr>
2\/1990<\/td>Sold to Europe Cruise Line A\/S , Norway.<\/td><\/tr>
2\/1990<\/td>Charter to Vaasanlaivat , Finland. New name Fenno Star.<\/td><\/tr>
2-4\/1990<\/td>Rebuild and build more cabins.<\/td><\/tr>
4 – 6\/1990<\/td>Vaasa – \u00d6rnsk\u00f6ldsvik route<\/td><\/tr>
6-8\/1990<\/td>Pietarsaari \/ Kokkola – Skellefte\u00e5 route  operated Jakob Lines<\/td><\/tr>
1\/9 – 28\/10\/1990<\/td>Vaasa – \u00d6rnsk\u00f6ldsvik weekend service operated Vaasanlaivat.<\/td><\/tr>
11\/1990 \/ 3\/1991<\/td>Used as accommodation ship on Helsingborg.<\/td><\/tr>
4 – 5\/1990<\/td>Vaasa – \u00d6rnsk\u00f6ldsvik route operated Vaasanlaivat<\/td><\/tr>
31\/5 – 25\/8\/1991<\/td>Pietarsaari \/ Kokkola – Skellefte\u00e5 route  operated Jakob Lines<\/td><\/tr>
9\/1991<\/td>Charter to Polen Ferries Karlskrona – Gdynia route<\/td><\/tr>
1\/1992<\/td>Polen Ferries went bankrupt.<\/td><\/tr>
2-4\/1992<\/td>Charter to Corona Line same route.<\/td><\/tr>
23\/4\/1992<\/td>Sold to Vard A\/S, Norway ( Sacndi Line) New name Sandefjord.<\/td><\/tr>
5\/1992<\/td>Scandi Line service  Sandefjord – Str\u00f6mstad route.<\/td><\/tr>
1\/6\/1994<\/td>New owner Larvik Scandi Line, Norway<\/td><\/tr>
14\/11\/1996<\/td>Run aground outside Str\u00f6mstad.<\/td><\/tr>
1\/1997<\/td>Back to service<\/td><\/tr>
4\/6\/1997<\/td>Owner Color Line A\/S<\/td><\/tr>
1998<\/td>Rebuild<\/td><\/tr>
1\/1999<\/td>Color Line buy  Scandi Line , New operator Color Line, same route.<\/td><\/tr>
6\/2000<\/td>Laid up Drammen<\/td><\/tr>
2\/2\/2001<\/td>Sold to Los Cipres S.A \/Buquebus , Uruguay<\/td><\/tr>
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2001 – 2003<\/td>Laid up drammen<\/td><\/tr>
28\/5\/2003<\/td>Sold to Saga Line, Norway.New name Sagafjord.  Refurbished<\/td><\/tr>
15\/5\/2004<\/td>Saga Line service Moss – Skagen route.<\/td><\/tr>
8\/10\/2004<\/td>Saga Line went a bankrupt. Laid up.<\/td><\/tr>
11\/2004<\/td>Laid up Horten.<\/td><\/tr>
11\/8\/2005<\/td>Sold to Gabriel Scott Rederi, Norway  ( later Masterferries )<\/td><\/tr>
12\/10\/2005<\/td>New name Gabriel Scott  . Homeport Kristiansand.<\/td><\/tr>
26\/10\/2005<\/td>Laid up on Kristiansand<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>Plans to use ferry on Hantsholm – Kristiansand route, but never entered service.<\/td><\/tr>
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28\/2\/2007<\/td>Sold to Red Star Ferries, Italy.<\/td><\/tr>
28\/2\/2007<\/td>New name Red Star 1 , Panama flag<\/td><\/tr>
2007<\/td>Refurbished on Perama, Greece.<\/td><\/tr>
8\/2007<\/td>Brindisi – Vlora route<\/td><\/tr>
4-5\/2011<\/td>Used to evacuate refugees from Misratah, Libya<\/td><\/tr>
11\/9\/2012<\/td>Winter laid up at Brindisi<\/td><\/tr>
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26\/7-6\/9\/2015<\/td>Brindisi – Paxos – Ithaki – Kefalonia – Zakinthos route<\/td><\/tr>
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 25\/3\/2021<\/td> Sold to Neytas Marine LLC<\/td><\/tr>
 25\/5\/2021<\/td> New owner Sea Star Ferries Ltd, New name Star N. Palau flag.<\/td><\/tr>
 2021<\/td> Chornomorsk – Poti route.<\/td><\/tr>
\u00a029\/3\/2023<\/td>\u00a0Beached at Aliaga, Turkey. Scrapped.<\/td><\/tr>
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