mv King of Scandinavia

 Hull Number 1059
 17th March 1986  Kiel Laid
 16th August 1986  Launched
 20th February 1987  Delivered to AB Swedcarrier, Stockholm as the mv Nils Holgersson. Homeport as  Trelleborg

 mv Nils Holgersson
 26th February 1987  Entered service for TT-Line (Pool of Companies of which AB Swedcarrier were  one) on the Travemunde to Trelleborg service
 11th October 1991  Sold to Brittany Ferries for 107mUSD, retained on charter
 13th January 1993  Transferred to Brittany Ferries in Travemunde and renamed mv Val de Loire

 mv Val de Loire
 January to May 1993  Scope of works undertaken: Rearrangement of the bow form for sea keeping  reasons as the new route for the mv Val de Loire was to be Plymouth to Santander  crossing the Bay of Biscay. In addition the ship was upgraded to SOLAS 90 stability  standards with inside sponsons used as car deck, new car deck platform and tank  re-arrangement. New cabins were installed (about 60) including 16 Junior Suites  and rearrangement of existing cabins to reach 1686 passenger berths (formally  1320 berths). Renewal and rearrangement of all public spaces and it is interesting  to note that Brittany Ferries were not content with the already high Scandinavian  Standards onboard, but wanted to add their own touch and elegance to the six  year old ship. Many ship models associated with the Atlantic operations between  Europe and America wee bought at auctions to provide a nautical atmosphere  onboard (11m GBP was spent on models alone). The passenger certificate was  increased from 1600 to 2140
 2nd June 1993  Berting Trials at Santander
 9th June 1993  First sailing for Brittany Ferries between Plymouth and Santander, replacing the  1989 built mv Bretagne
 13th June 1993  Biggest ship to operate from Ireland. Irish port was Cork
 1993 to 2004  Served across most of Brittany Ferries routes during refit cover, but main routes  were Plymouth to Santander / Roscoff and Cork to Roscoff
 2004  Replaced by Brittany Ferries new mv Pont Aven. Operated alongside the mv  Bretange on the Portsmouth to St. Malo service and also operated sailings to  Cherbourg from Portsmouth
 2005  Operated the Portsmouth to St. Malo service as sole ship
 21st November 2005  Agreement reached with DFDS. Ship sold to DFDS A/S, Copenhagen
 20th February 2006  Sailed from Portsmouth to Cherbourg on her final sailing for Brittany Ferries. The  final few months had seen the mv Val de Loire used as refit cover for the fleet  during winter months
 28th February 2006  Under DFDS ownership, sailed from Cherbourg to Ijmuiden. During the few days  spent in Cherbourg the ship was repainted and rebranded internal for DFDS.  Renamed at this time to mv King of Scandinavia

 mv King of Scandinavia
 1st March 2006  Arrived at Ijmuiden for storing and final refurbishment works
 11th March 2006  First sailing from Ijmuiden to Newcastle. With the ship operating out of Newcastle  saw the re-union of two sister ships. Fjord Line operated the mv Fjord Norway on  their Bergen route, the mv Fjord Norway started life as the mv Peter Pan,  sistership the mv Nils Holgersson

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