{"id":23688,"date":"2020-09-09T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T05:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=23688"},"modified":"2020-10-10T11:22:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T09:22:50","slug":"africa-mersy-history-16","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=23688","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=23679\">Back to\u00a0Ship<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td>\u00a029\/3\/1978<\/td><td>Building contract<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Start of Production<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>28\/8\/1978<\/td><td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a08\/8\/1979<\/td><td>Launch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>21\/7\/1980<\/td><td>Delivered to DSB, Kors\u00f8r, Denmark<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4\/8\/1980<\/td><td>Nyborg &#8211; Kors\u00f8r<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a03\/11-21\/12\/1986<\/td><td>\u00a0DanLink service between Helsingborg and Copenhagen<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22\/12\/1986<\/td><td>Nyborg &#8211; Kors\u00f8r<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td> 1\/1\/1997 <\/td><td> New operator Scandlines <\/td><\/tr><tr><td> 1\/6\/1997 <\/td><td> Laid up at Kors\u00f8r<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24\/3\/1999<\/td><td>Sold to Royal Mercy Valletta Ltd, Valletta, Malta<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a025\/3\/1999<\/td><td>\u00a0Delivered to new owner . 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