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ILIDA DOLPHIN (ΗΛΙΔΑ ΝΤΟΛΦΙΝ)

-Joy Cruises

Built in 1981 (age 43). Registered in Piraeus. Current line: Corfu-Paxoi

The hydrofoil ILIDA DOLPHIN was built in 1981 in Georgia (then part of the Soviet Union), as the FLYING DOLPHIN XVI for the Greek company Ceres Flying Dolphins, alongside two other sister ships (the FLYING DOLPHIN XIV and the FLYING DOLPHIN XV). All three of them were deployed on the Agios Konstantinos-Volos-Trikeri-Pefki-Skiathos-Skopelos-Alonissos-Marmaras line on the Sporades. In 1999 her company was transferred to Minoan Flying Dolphins. She continued to serve the Sporades, although this time her service was restricted on the Agios Konstantinos-Volos-Trikeri-Skiathos-Skopelos-Alonissos line. Minoan Flying Dolphins was renamed Hellas Flying Dolphins in 2002, and was rebranded as Hellenic Seaways in 2005, during which the FLYING DOLPHIN XVI was sold to Aegean Flying Dolphins and she was deployed on the Samos-Patmos-Leipsoi-Leros-Kalymnos-Kos line on the Dodecanese. After two seasons there, in late 2006 she was renamed FLYING DOLPHIN HERMES and she moved to the Saronic Gulf, being inserted on the Piraeus-Aegina-Agistri line. In 2011 she was sold to the Kos-based company Royal Coastlines Maritime Company and she was renamed AEGEAN PRINCE II. She returned to the Dodecanese, as she was inserted on the Rhodes-Symi-Kos line. In 2012 she was deployed on the Kos-Kalymnos-Bodrum line. In 2015 she was sold to Joy Cruises and was renamed ILIDA DOLPHIN. She moved to the Ionian Sea and she began service on the Corfu-Paxoi line. In 2017 she was deployed on the Corfu-Sarandë line, while in 2021 she moved back to the Corfu-Paxoi line.

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