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                                                     History

 

 

9/1970 Building contract  
19/7/1971 Keel laid  
17.12.1971 Launch  
14/4/1972 Delivered to Rederi AB Sally  
16/4/1972 Naantali - Mariehamn - Kapellskär route, operated Viking Line  
17/12/1972 Run aground between korppoo and Houtskär. Passaengers evacuated  
18/12/1972 Repaired on Uudenkaupungin Telakka OY, Finland  
2/1976 Sold to OY Vasa-Umeå Oy  
4/5/1976 Delivered, named to Wasa Express  
7/5/1976 Vaasa - Sundsvall route  
1-15/10/1977 Drydocking  
7-15/5/1978 Drydocking  
4/1/1979 Vaasa - Umeå route  
4/1979 Company sold to Enso-Gutzeit OY and named Vaasanlaivat OY / Vasabåtarna AB  
1983 .Vaasanlaivat sold to rederi AB Sally,continue same name  
29/3/1983 Named Viking 3  
12/4/1983 Sally Lines service  
10/4/1984 Named Wasa Express back t Vaasanlaivat service same routes  
summer 1984 Vaasa - Umeå route  
1986 -1988 Vaasa - Umeå and Vaasa - Örnsköldsvik route  
8/8/1988 Sold to Eckerö Line  
31/10/1988 Last day to Vaasanlaivat service  
1/11/1988 Delivered to Eckerö Line, new name Roslagen  
1988/1989 Refurbished interior, build new Tax Free Market  
3/1989 Eckerö Linjen service Eckerö - Grisslehamn route.  
23/101992 Charter to Estonian New Line, Helsinki - Tallinn route, Estonian flag  
1/2/1994 Back to Eckerö Line service Eckerö - Grisslehamn route  
1998 Build new Cafe and Childrens Playroom on deck 5  
2001 Build sponsons on Alandia Yard  
2003 Build bigger sundeck  
20/8/2007 Laid up for sale  
13-15/11/2007 Sold to Agoudimos Lines, Greece, named Ionian Spirit, St Vincent and The Grenadines flag  
10/7/2008 Igoumenitsa - Brindisi route