History

	LOI
1995	Building contract
	Building started
3/7/1995	Keel laid
8/12/1995	Launch
	Sea trial
	Second sea trial
28/3/1996	Delivered to Kyu-Etsu Ferry Co, Fukuoka, Japan.
3/1996	Naoetsu – Fukuoka route.
9/2001	Laid-up in Naoetsu.
7/2002	Operated Shuttle Highway Line , Kyushu – Yokosuka route.
25/8/2005	Sold to Miyazaki Car Ferry, Japan. New name Ferry Himuka.
2005	Hannan – Hyūga – Miyazaki route.
2/10/2006	Sold to HMS Maritime, Panama.
11/2006	Sold to Hellenic Seaways Maritime SA, Piraeus, Greece.
8/12/2006	Delivered to new owner. New name Ariadne.
1/1/2007	Arrived to Perama, Greece for rebuilding.
25/9/2007	Piraeus – Chania route.
9/1/2008	Charter to Minoan Lines Patras – Igoumenitsa – Corfu – Venice route.
3/2008	Laid up at Piraeus.
4/2008	Charter to ANEK Lines, Piraeus – Chania route.
10/2008	Patras – Igoumenitsa – Ancona route.
13/5/2009	Charter to Algerie Ferries, Marseille – Oran route.
10/2009	Piraeus – Heraklion route, operated Hellenic Seaways.
26/2/2010	Laid up at Perama.
13/5/2010	Charter to Algerie Ferries, Marseille – Oran route.
10/11/2011	Charter to ANEK Lines, Patras – Igoumenitsa – Corfu – Venice route.
6/3/2011	Laid up at Perama.
12/5/2011	Charter to Algerie Ferries, Marseille – Oran route.
7/10/2011	Laid up at Perama.
16/6/2012	Charter to Algerie Ferries, Marseille – Oran route.
3/10/2012	Laid up at Perama.
19/6/2013	Piraeus – Chios – Mytilene, operated Hellenic Seaways.
24/7/2013	Charter to Algerie Ferries, Marseille – Oran route.
21/10/2013	Piraeus – Chios – Mytilene, operated Hellenic Seaways.
summer/2015	Piraeus – Samos – Chios – Mytilene – Limnos – Kavala route
2015	Piraeus – Chios – Mytilene route.
3/2018	Charter to Tirrenia, Napoli – Cagliari – Palermo route.
2021	Piraeus – Paros – Naxos – Santorini – Samos – Patmos – Leros – Kos – Symi – Rhodes route, operated Hellenic Seaways.
2023	Patras – Igoumenitsa – Corfu – Bari route.
12/2023	Patras – Igoumenitsa – Ancona route, operated Superfast Ferries.