The History Of The MS Cenatur: During The Israel Six-Day War In 1967, The Israel Navy Wants to Construct a Ship For a Battle Service With Palestine And Israel. Construction Began In 1969 At Vigo. The Ship Was Launched On December 23rd 1970 And The Ship Named USS Cenatur. The Ship Was Completed In January 1971 And Was Doing Tests At Sea. On January 27th 1971 She Began Service For The Israel Navy From Palestine to Israel. She Was Laid Up In 1972 At Vigo Which Was Launched In 1970, Where She Was Found by Jean Pierre. Jean Pierre Was Looking for a Cargo Ship In Late 1972 And Was Bought by Brittany Ferries And Renamed ENGLATERE. On December 20th 1972, She Began Her Test Trials At Sea In Roscoff. On January 3rd 1973 She Began Her Maiden Voyage From Roscoff-Plymouth-Bagad-Lann Bihoue And Saint-Pol De Leon. In 1973 The Company Decided to Replace Another Ship With The Delivery Of Early 1974. In Early 1974 She Was Replaced by The Newest Ship ''Penn Ar Room'' And The Cenatur Was Bought by a New Company Called Jean Pierre SA And Operated Service Between Vigo And Saint-Nazaire. The First Customer Of This Service Was Citroen, Which Was Using It to Export Its Cars Produced In Spain. In Summer 1974, She Was Sold to Al Saudi Line, Saudi Arabia And Renamed AL SAUDI ZAHER IV. In August 1974, She Began Service Between Saudi Arabia And Egypt. In Early June 1995, She Was Replaced by The Newest Ferry ''Al Saudi Zaher V'' And The Ship Was Bought by The Greek Company Kerkyra Ferries or A.N.M.E.K. And On July 1st 1995 She Was Renamed AG. SPYRIDON S. On July 6th 1995 She Was Departed From Saudi Arabia to Perama. On July 10th 1995 She Was Arrived At Perama And Was Painted All Blue (The Livery Of Kerkyra Ferries) And Was Doing Her Test Trials In August 1995. On September 16th 1995, She Began Her Maiden Voyage From Kerkyra-Igoumenitsa And Paxos Islands. On September 16th At 5:04pm, The Ship Was Horned And The Other Vessels We're Blowed The Whistle For a Good Welcome. In June 1999, Kerkyra Ferries Delivered a New Ship From Japan, The ''Kawashima Maru'' And Renamed ''Agia Katerina'' For Replacement In The Year 2001. On December 18th 1999 At 23:45am, The Ship Departed From Zakynthos to Drapetsona For Drydocking. On December 19th 1999 At 6:59pm In The Morning, The Ship Was Having Big Waves And The Ship Fought The Waves When It Suddenly Listed Up to 30 Degrees. The Crew And The Captain We're Noticed That The Ship Sank, But It Wasn't. So, She Was Arrived At Drapetsona With Safe. In January 2001 She Was Replaced by The Newest Ship ''Agia Katerina'' And The Ship Began Her Last Voyage From Kerkyra to Igoumenitsa On January 18th 2001. In January 2001, She Was Sold by Nectar Omega Lines And Was Began Service From Piraeus-Kythira-Antikythira-Kissamos-Lavrio And Cyclades Islands. In 2003 She Was Quit From Greece And Was Towed to Gibraltar,Spain When She Was Laid Up For 11 Years. On December 2nd 2011, They Announced That The Ship Will Visit So Close In Kerkyra After Many Years. On December 18th 2011 She Was Departed From Gibraltar to Kerkyra. On December 24th 2011 She Was Left From Kerkyra And Returned to Gibraltar. On The 7th Of November 2013 At Approximentaly 9:37pm, A Man Named Castellos Habanero And His Friends We're Just Took Photos Inside The Ship Because She Was Abandoned Since 2003. They Took Photos Inside And Outside Of The Ship And Posted On Facebook. On July 29th 2014 The Ship Was Sold For Scrap. On August 13th 2014 The Ship Was Departed From Gibraltar to Aliaga,Turkey. On August 15th 2014 At 1:05am During Towing to Aliaga,Turkey With The Tug ''CHRISTOS XVII'', The Engines Had Problems And At 1:10am The Engine Room Was Filled With Water. She Was Rolled-Over And Capsized Off The Coast Of Malta On August 15th 2014 At 7:30pm.
