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                                                     History

 

 

   
27/4/1972 Keel laid  
11/7/1972 Launch  
15/3/1973 Delivered to Rederi AB Bore  
3/1973 Silja Line service Turku - Mariehamn - Stockholm  
11/7/1980 Sold to SHO / FÅA oy  
9/1980 Named Skandia  
8-9/1983 Charter to Larvik Line  
3/10/1983 Sold to Stena Line. Named Stena Baltica  
10/1983 Sold to Baltic Shipping Company, Leningrad, Soviet Union, Named Ilyich  
11/1983 Refurbished Cityvarvet, Göteborg.  
12/1983 Leningrad - Stockholm route.  
1991 Operator Baltic Line  
199? St. Petersburg - Nynäshamn/ Stockholm - Riga route  
10/1996 Named Anastasia V  
   
5/1997 Named Windward Pride  
   
10/1997 Sold to Estonian Shipping Company, Estonia.  Named Baltic Kristina  
30/10/1997 Tallinn - Stockholm route, Operated Est Line  
12/2000 Charter to Tallink, Paldiski - Kapellskär route.  
10/10/2002 Riga Sea Line has bought ferry Baltic Kristina  
17/10/2002 Latvian flag, homeport Riga  
20/12/2002 Riga - Stockholm route  
15/10/2005 Riga Sea Line end to operate, because of economical problems. Laid up  
2005 Owner Freeport of Riga Authority. Latvia  
12/3/2007 Sold to Euro 7 Femseh & Marketing GmbH  
16/6/2007 Brindisi - Cesme route. Operated Atlas Line  
27/8/2007 Almeria - Al Hoceima route. Chartered to Lineas Maritimas Europeas.  
11/2007 Sold to Saphir Marine SA. Named Rigel  
12/2007 Bari - Durres route, Operated Ventouris Ferries.  
   
12/2010 Laid up winter  
4/2011 About 1,200 foreigners including Egyptians, Sudanese and Nigerians, evacuated by ship  
from Misrata, the city some 210 km east of the Libya capital of Tripoli.The foreigners who have been  
stranded in Misrata for more than one month were carried by a ferry ship "Rigel.