The ship was built as yard number 154 by
VEB Mathias Thesen Werft,
Wismar,
East Germany. She was launched on 29 November 1983 as
Siegelberg and then laid up unfinished. In 1985, she was completed as
Tuzla for Compania de Navigatie Romline,
Constanța, Romania. The IMO number 8306591 was allocated. She served in the
Black Sea. on 12 May 1990,
Tuzla was involved in a collision with the
Soviet ship . In 1993, she was placed under the
Cypriot flag, with
Limassol as her port of registry. She was placed back under the Romanian flag in 1995. From 28 April 1996,
Tuzla was
chartered by
Seatruck Ferries and renamed
Bolero.
Bolero was employed on the
Heysham–
Warrenpoint route. On 14 May 1997, she was chartered by Argoman and employed on the
Harwich–
Cuxhaven–
Turku route until the charter ended on 28 May 1997. Between June and August 1997,
Bolero was chartered by
Estline and employed on the
Stockholm–
Tallinn route. In September 1997 she was chartered to
Norfolk Line and employed on the
Felixstowe–
Scheveningen route. In October 2024, along with the British cruise ship
MS Queen Elizabeth, the
Lodbrog responded to the mayday and eventual sinking of the
Royal New Zealand Navy ship
HMNZS Manawanui. ==References==