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                                 History

	Building contract
	Start of Production
	Keel laid
10/3/1965	Launch
23/6/1965	Delivered to Thoresen Car Ferries, Norway
1965	Southampton – Cherbourg / Le Havre routes.
1966 – 1970	Winter charters to Lion Ferry , Bremerhaven – Harwich route.
1968	Operator Townsend Thoresen
1970 – 1977	Winter charters to Larvik-Frederikshavnferjen A/S, Norway  Larvik – Frederikshamn route.
winter 1975/1976	Charter to Fred Olsen Lines, Kristiansand – Hirtshal route.
1976 – 1981	Short winter charters to Jydsk Færgefart A/S, Denmark. Grenå – Hundested route.
3/1978	Felixstowe – Europoort route on Townsend Thoresen service
10/1979	Leith – Kristiansand route  on Townsend Thoresen service
1980 – 1981	Charters to Sealink and Sealink Manx Line .
5/1980	Charter to B&I Line, Ireland
6/9/1981	Charter to Fred Olsen Lines, Kristiansand – Hirtshal route.
1982	Sold to Da-No Linjen A/S Oslo, Norway. New name Terje Vigen.
1982	Frederikstad – Frederikshavn route.
1986	Sold to Rederi Narko A/S, Norway.
1986	Charter to KG-Line , Kaskinen, Finland
summer 1986	Kaskinen – Gävle route.
1990	Sold to Hangö Line. Plans to start  service Hanko – Mariehamn – Visby, but never started service.
2/1990	Sold to Europe Cruise Line A/S , Norway.
2/1990	Charter to Vaasanlaivat , Finland. New name Fenno Star.
2-4/1990	Rebuild and build more cabins.
4 – 6/1990	Vaasa – Örnsköldsvik route
6-8/1990	Pietarsaari / Kokkola – Skellefteå route  operated Jakob Lines
1/9 – 28/10/1990	Vaasa – Örnsköldsvik weekend service operated Vaasanlaivat.
11/1990 / 3/1991	Used as accommodation ship on Helsingborg.
4 – 5/1990	Vaasa – Örnsköldsvik route operated Vaasanlaivat
31/5 – 25/8/1991	Pietarsaari / Kokkola – Skellefteå route  operated Jakob Lines
9/1991	Charter to Polen Ferries Karlskrona – Gdynia route
1/1992	Polen Ferries went bankrupt.
2-4/1992	Charter to Corona Line same route.
23/4/1992	Sold to Vard A/S, Norway ( Sacndi Line) New name Sandefjord.
5/1992	Scandi Line service  Sandefjord – Strömstad route.
1/6/1994	New owner Larvik Scandi Line, Norway
14/11/1996	Run aground outside Strömstad.
1/1997	Back to service
4/6/1997	Owner Color Line A/S
1998	Rebuild
1/1999	Color Line buy  Scandi Line , New operator Color Line, same route.
6/2000	Laid up Drammen
2/2/2001	Sold to Los Cipres S.A /Buquebus , Uruguay
2001 – 2003	Laid up drammen
28/5/2003	Sold to Saga Line, Norway.New name Sagafjord.  Refurbished
15/5/2004	Saga Line service Moss – Skagen route.
8/10/2004	Saga Line went a bankrupt. Laid up.
11/2004	Laid up Horten.
11/8/2005	Sold to Gabriel Scott Rederi, Norway  ( later Masterferries )
12/10/2005	New name Gabriel Scott  . Homeport Kristiansand.
26/10/2005	Laid up on Kristiansand
	Plans to use ferry on Hantsholm – Kristiansand route, but never entered service.
28/2/2007	Sold to Red Star Ferries, Italy.
28/2/2007	New name Red Star 1 , Panama flag
2007	Refurbished on Perama, Greece.
8/2007	Brindisi – Vlora route
4-5/2011	Used to evacuate refugees from Misratah, Libya
11/9/2012	Winter laid up at Brindisi
26/7-6/9/2015	Brindisi – Paxos – Ithaki – Kefalonia – Zakinthos route
25/3/2021	Sold to Neytas Marine LLC
25/5/2021	New owner Sea Star Ferries Ltd, New name Star N. Palau flag.
2021	Chornomorsk – Poti route.
29/3/2023	Beached at Aliaga, Turkey. Scrapped.