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FENNIA (FIN)
(Baltic
Sea 03.1996)
| Build 1966 at
Oresundsvarvet AB, Landskrona, Sweden. (Ordered:1964 07 07. Keel laid 1965 04 07. Launched 1965 10 28.) Delivered 27 April 1966 to Oy Siljarederiet AB, Turku, Finland. 7/5 1966: In traffic for Silja Lines between Turku - Mariehamn/Långnäs - Stockholm. 16/10 1966: Aground at Bogskar 01:10, with 246 passenger, 11 cars and 25 trucks. 17/10 1966: Cars and trucks dicharged on barges HOLMIA and NORDIA. 18/10 1966: Refloated by tug METEOR and PROTECTOR. PROTECTOR towed FENNIA to Finnboda varv, Nacka, for repair. 17/12 1966: Back in traffic after repair. 6/7 1970: Sold to Oy Svea Line AB, Turku, Finland. in traffic Turku - Mariehamn/Långnäs - Stockholm. Turku - Mariehamn/Långnäs - Norrtälje, Helsingfors - Stockholm. 2/1 1975 - 5/6 1975: New engines fitted at Helsingörs Værft A/S, Helsingör, Denmark. 22/10 1977 - 15/1 1978: Laid up at Turku, Finland. 16/1 1978 - 13/3 1978: On T/C for Rederi AB Goteborg-Frederikshavn Linjen, (Sessan Linjen), Goteborg. In traffic Goteborg - Travemünde. 3/1 1979 - 1/2 1979: On T/C to SAGA-Linjen, In traffic Malmoe - Travemünde. 16/6 1983 - 12/9 1983: On T/C to B&I Line, Dublin, Irland. In traffic Pembroke Dock - Cork. Nov. 1983: Sold to Oy Jakob Line AB, Jakobstad, Finland for delivery 1984. 16/5 1984: Registered för Jaakon Linje AB, Mariehamn. In traffic Jakobstad - Ornskoldsvik, later Jakobstad - Skellefteå. 31/12 1985: Sold to Rederi AB Sally Oy, Vasa, Finland. (Jakob Lines and Vasabatarna) Jan. 1986: Rebuild at Oy Wärtsilä Marine AB, Turku, Finland. 25/4 1986: In traffic Vasa/Jakobstad - Sundsvall/ Umea/ Skelleftea. 28/4 1990: Registered for Oy Svea Line AB, Vasaa, Finland. 01.1991: Transferred to Oy Wasa Line AB, Vasaa, Finland. Febr. 2001: Sold to RG Line, Vasa, Finland for USD 4 milj. 1/5 2001: Renamed CASINO EXPRESS. 10/9 2002: Transferred to Swedish Shipping Register, homeport Umea. Jan. 2003: Rebuild in Estonia Aug. 2005: Laid up at Vasaa, Finland. |