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                                                     History

 

 

Building contract  
Keel laid  
20/9/1974 Launch  
6/1976 Delivered to Cunard Line  
Voyage from Italy to San Juan  
14/8/1976 Christened by Mrs Armstrong, wife of Neil Armstrong on San Juan.  
1976 Cruises on Caribbean  
   
10/1982 Chartered to six months to Ministry of Defence (UK) using a troop ship.  
Spring 1983 Refurbished on Malta.  
7/1983 Cruises on Caribbean  
   
   
1995 Refurbished  
10/1996 Sold to Awani Cruises, New name Awani Dream II  
10/1996 Cruises on Indonesian archipelago.  
1998 Awani cruises  ran into financial trouble  
1998 Sold to Royal Olympic Cruises. New name Olympic Countess  
   
   
   
2002 Operators new name Royal Olympia Cruises and ship new name Olympia Countess  
   
   
2004 New operator Majestic International Cruises , new name Ocean Countess  
   
2005 Charter to Holiday Kreuzfahrten, new name Lili Marleen  
   
   
2007 Charter to Louis Cruise Line , new name Ruby  
   
2007 Operator Monarch Classic Cruises , new name Ocean Countess  
   
   
   
6/2009 Charter to Quail Cruises , France. Marketing name New Pacific .  
2009 Cruises From Valencia to Mediterranean.  
Winter 2010 Ocean Countess underwent a £3 million refurbishment programme  
4/2010 Chartered to Cruise & Maritime Voyages, UK.  
Summer 2010 Cruises from UK to Northern Europe, Baltic, Mediterranean and Canary Islands  
Winter 2010/2011 Cruises from UK to Caribbean , South America,  Northern Europe and Canary Islands  
Summer 2011 Cruises from UK to Northern Europe and Baltic