Ex:Klaipeda,Celtic Mist(17/07/2006) ..Now:(12/11/2007)Saronic Star /Build.1987/Inbound to port of Klaipeda. /On 02 October 1986, the German Democratic Republic and the USSR opened a 270-mile railway ferry route between Klaipeda (formerly Memel), Lithuania, and Mukran on Rugen Island.
Five ferries built by Mathias Thesen Wismar will operate on the route. Aside from the good economic reasons for linking main Russian railway lines directly with East German lines, Linn’s Stamp News reports that an unmentioned strategic reason is to bypass the Polish rail line.


KLAIPEDA built as a ro-ro ferry under yard No 322 by VEB Mathias-Thesen-Werft, Wismar, East Germany for the Lithuanian Shipping Co. (LISCO), Klaipeda, Lithuania.
15 July 1986 first section laid down.
26 November 1986 launched, four sisterships the MUKRAN, GREIFSWALD, KAUNAS and VILNIUS.
Tonnage 21.890 gross, 6.567 net, 12.020 dwt., dim. 190.93 x 26.01 x 7.18m. (draught).
Powered by four Halberstadt S.K.L 6VDS46/42 AL-2 diesel engines, 10.600 kW, geared to two shafts. Speed 16 knots. Fitted out with two rudders.
Ice strengthened.
Accommodation for 12 passengers.
Railway track length 1290 meter, capacity for103 84-ton standard wagons.
27 July 1987 delivered.

After delivery used in the ferry service from Klaipeda to Mukran.
1992 Transferred to Lithuanian flag and registry.
27 April 2006 the company changed her name to Ab DFDS Lisco. Lithuania.
27 April 2006 sold to Saronia Maritime Ltd., Limassol, Cyprus.
30 June 2006 last day in service in the service from Klaipeda to Mukran.
05 July 2006 delivered to new owners in Klaipeda, managed by Jay Management Co., renamed in CELTIC MIST.
July 2006 Chartered by Celtic Link.
17 July 2006 chartered by Van Uden in Rotterdam for one voyage from Moerdijk, Netherlands to Volos, Greece.
11 February 2007 sailed from Ambelakia to Cherbourg.
05 March 2007 in the cargo service from Cherbourg to Portsmouth.
After one day in operation taken out of service after she was inspected and found unsafe for service.
Sailed from Portsmouth to Southampton for extensive repair work, but not sure any repair took place.
07 April 2007 left Southampton for Perama , Greece.
12 November 2007 renamed SARONIC STAR.
2009 In service?.