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Building contract
Building started
1970Keel laid
19/1/1971 Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
5/7/1971Delivered to Compagnie de Paqueboats, Marseille, France
7/1971Marseille – Malaga – Casablanca route and some cruises
1974Marseille – Dakar route
1976Marseille – Sète – Alicante – Casablanca route
9-10/1981Updated for using as cruise ship
10/1981Cruises from Toulon.
1983Laid up at Toulon.
1/10/1983Sold to Stena Cargo Line Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas.
10/1983Laid up at Marseille.
1/1984Stena Cargo Line Ltd, Marseille, France.
New name Stena Baltica.
11/1984Rebuild at Tampa, USA.
1984New name Island Fiesta.
12/1984Charter to Scandinavian World Cruises (SeaEscape Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas). New name Scandinavian Star.
1985Cruises between Tampa and Cozumel.
16/3/1988Engine room fire.
1990Owner Scandinavian Star Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas.
3/1990Owner Vognmandsruten K/S, A/S, Nassau, Bahamas.
3/1990Oslo – Fredrikshavn route, operated Da-No Line.
7/4/1990Fire onboard killing 158 peoples onboard.
8/4/1990Towed to Lysekil, Sweden.
18-20/4/1990Towed to Copenhagen. Laid up.
11/8/1990Towed to Hull, UK
10/9/1990Towed to Southampton, Laid up
9/1990New name Candi.
2/1994Sold by auction to International Shipping Partners, Nassau, Bahamas.
27/8/1994Towed to INMA, La Spezia, Italy. Rebuild to ro-pax ferry.
4/1995Delivered to ISP. New name Regal Voyager.
6-8/1995Charter to Comarit . Tanger – Port Vendres route.
6-8/1996Charter to Comarit . Tanger – Port Vendres route.
1997Owner St. Thomas Cruises (International Shipping Partners), Nassau, Bahamas.
1997Charter to Isabel Cortes Ferry Service Ltd.
Port Isabel – Puerto Cortez route.
6/1/1998Engine failure. Towed to Tampa for repairing.
1/1998Laid up at Tampa, USA.
1999Charter to Ferries del Caribe S.A.
Santo Domingo – San Juan route.
15/4/2000Charter to FerryMar. Santo Domingo – San Juan route.
10-11/2002Charter to Port Authority of Trinidad & Tobago, Port Of Spain. Port of Spain – Scarborough route.
11/2002Laid up at Charleston.
2/2004Sold to scrap.
3/2004New name Regal V. Ulan Bator, Mongolia.
14/5/2004Arrived to Alang, India.
19/5/2004Beached to ALang, scrapped.