| Status |
In service |
| IMO number |
5404407 |
| Type |
Passenger ferry |
| Propulsion |
Motor ship |
| Built |
1963, Orenstein-Koppel und
Lübecker Machinenbau, Lübeck, Germany, #589. |
| GRT |
1964: 2494 |
| Length |
93.20 m |
| Beam |
16.21 m |
| Draught |
3.98 m |
| Max Psgr Capy |
1964: 1000 |
| Berth Capy |
1964: 72 |
| No. of Cabins |
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| No. of Cars |
1964: 140 |
| History |
1962-10: Keel laid for Sundbusserne A/S, Helsingør, Denmark. 1963-02-27: Christened, but not launched due to ice conditions. 1963-03-07: Launched. 1963-05-29: Delivered to Moltzau Line A/S, Gedser, Denmark. 1963-05-31: Entered service between Gedser and Travemünde. 1968-03-08 to 1968-03-27: Chartered to Mols Linien for dervice between Sjællands Odd and Ebeltoft. 1968-03-27: Renamed Falster and returned to service between Gedser and Travemünde. 1968-05: Laid up. 1968-06-06: Sold to Juelsminde-Kalundborg Linien A/S, Kalundborg, Denmark and renamed Mille. 1968-06-20: Entered service between Juelsminde and Kalundborg. 1969-03: Chartered to Lion Ferry, Halmstad, to cover the maintenance period for the regular Grenå - Varberg ferry. 1969-12-31: Sold to Jysk Færgefart A/S, Kalundborg, Denmark for continued service between Juelsminde and Kalundborg. 1975-05 to 1975-08: Served between Grenå and Hundested. 1975-08 to 1975-10-01: Laid up. 1975-10: Sold to Nordisk Færgefart A/S, Faaborg, Denmark and renamed Gelting. Modified for her new owners. 1975-11-11: Entered service between Gelting and Faaborg. 1976-01 to 1976-03-01: Chartered to Jydsk Færgefart A/S for service between Juelsminde and Kalundborg. 1976-08-08: Ran aground south of Alsen; repaired at Fredericia Værft A/S, Fredericia. 1976-08-30: Returned to service. 1980-01-21 to 1980-02-03: Chartered to Jydsk Færgefart A/S for service between Juelsminde and Kalundborg. 1981-03 to 1988-03: Chartered to Port Authority of Trinidad & Tobago, Port of Spain for service between Port of Spain and Tobago. Was to be renamed Cruceros Island, but was never registered under this new name. 1988-03-22: Sold to Consolidada de Ferry Ca., Caracas, Venezuela, and renamed Santa Rita. Operated between Puerto La Cruz and Punta de Piedras. 1994: Sold to Etna Shipping Co. (Empress Cruise Line), Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and renamed Imperial Empress. 1994: Departed Venezuela for Tampa. 1994-07-06: Arrived at Tampa. 1994: Rebuilt as a gambling ship in St. Petersburg, Florida,
USA. Had this rebuild been completed, her GRT would have been about
3700 and her passenger capacity 2200. 1997: Arrested in St Petersburg, Florida following the bankruptcy of her owners. 1998-10: Work resumed on her rebuild. 1999-10-12: Arrested again in St Petersburg, Florida. 2000-05-01: Departed St. Petersburg under tow for Tampa after
being sold at auction for a planned casino ship operation. 2000-08: Remained laid up. 2002-01: Offered for sale to breakers. |
| Sister Ships |
Travemünde |