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                      History

10/81978 Keel laid
24/11/1978 Launch
4/6/1979 Delivered SF Line, Mariehamn, Finland
15/6/1979 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route for Viking Line service.
1980 Naantali – Mariehamn – Kapellskär route
14/10/1988 Delivered to Stena Line and named to Stena Nordica
1988 Build larger Tax Free Market and new Parfyme shop
1/1989 Oslo – Frederikshavn – Göteborg route.
1990 Rebuild
1996 Delivered to Lion Ferry and named to Lion King
1998 Sold to Tallink and named to Fantaasia
1998 Rebuild , new cabins to  third cardeck and refurbished interior
23/2/1998 Helsinki – Tallinn route
22/5/2002 Tallinn – Stockholm route
2004 Refurbished
6/4/2006 Riga Stockholm route
5/2007 Charter to Algérie Ferries,  Oran – Alicante Route
11/11/2007 Charter to Kystlink
11/12/2007 Hitshals – Langesund – Strömstad route
14/4/2008

Sold to Boa RoRo AS of Trondheim, Norway (KystLink) price of EUR 17.2 million.
30/6/2008 Delivered to  Boa RoRo AS named to Kongshavn, Norway flag.
1/10/2008 Langesund – Strømstad – Hirtshals – Langesund route
21/10/2008 Service cancelled ten days earlier than planned. Kongshaven will be laid up on Sandefjord.
23/12/2009 Sold to Blue Line, Croatia for 6 M€.
17/3/2010 Delivered to Blue Line. Malta flag. New name regina Della Pace
3-4-2010 Docking on shipyard in Bijela, Montenegro.
4/2010 Panama flag
19/4/2010 Split – (Hvar) – Ancona route.
10-23/2/2011 Drydocking
24/2/2011 Back on Split – (Hvar) – Ancona route.
17/10/2011 Winter laid up
19/3/2012 Split – (Hvar) – Ancona route.
26/10/2012 Winter laid up
12/3 – 26/10/2013 Split – (Hvar) – Ancona route.
27/10/2013 Winter laid up
4/2014 Cyprus flag.
10/4-5/10/2014 Split – (Hvar) – Ancona route.
6/10/2014 Winter laid up Lamjana on the island of Ugljan near Zadar.
4/2015-4/11/2015 Split – (Hvar) – Ancona route.
4/11/2015 Winter laid up
4/4-22/10/2016 Split – (Hvar) – Ancona route.
21/10/2016 Arrested at Ancona.
9/12/2016 Released from detention in Ancona
9/12/2016 Laid up at shipyard Bijela, Montenegro
31/12/2016 Sold to Ventouris Ferries, New name Rigel III.
7/7-10/9/2017 Bari – Durres route