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                                    History

Building contract
Start of Production
Keel laid
31/10/1970 Launch
24/1/1975

 

Delivered to Stena Ab, Göteborg, Sweden.  Sold to P&O Ltd, London, UK. P&O Pandoro Irish Sea Service. Fleetwood – Larne route.
7/3/1978 New owner P&O Ferries Ltd, London, UK.
1980 Rebuild more passenger areas and lengthened 15,81 m on Tyne Shiprepair Ltd
31/12/1984 Owner POETS Fleet Management Ltd, London, UK.
31/12/1984 Fleetwood – Larne route.
1989 Charter to B&I Line, Dublin, Ireland. Dublin – Liverpool route.
1993 Back to P&O service.
1995 Build extra trailer deck on Cammel Laird, Birkenhead, UK.
4/8/1995 Fleetwood – Larne route.
2/3/1997 Owner P&O Ship Management, Hamilton, Bermuda.
1/1998 Operated P&O European Ferries Irish Sea , Fleetwood – Larne route. New name European Pioneer.
4/2004 Sold to Stena Ropax, Hamilton, Bermuda.
25/4/2004 New name Stena Pioneer.
12/11/2007 Hit a sandbank on river Wyre.
27/11/2010 Small engineroom fire.
23/12/2010 Last day on Fleetwood – Larne route.
12/2010 Laid up at  Harland & Wolff repair Quay, Belfast.
5/2011 Sold to Selket Ventures Inc. (Anship LLC), Moscow, Russia.
6/2011 Delivered to new owner. New name ANT-1, Moldova flag.
18/6/2011 Voyage from Belfast to Sevestapol.
2012 Zonguldak – Kavkaz route AnRuss Trans service.
13/2/2014 Arrived to Aliaga for scrapping.