History

	LOI
	Building contract
	Building started
	Keel laid
9/1952	Launch and named by Mrs. Disan von Rettig, wife of Dr. Hans von Rettig.
	Sea trial
	Second sea trial
10/12/1952	Delivered to Ångfartygs AB Bore, Turku, Finland.
12/12/1952	Voyage from Oskarshamn to Turku.
19/12/1952	Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route.
12/5/1960	Helsinki – Stockholm route.
6/9/1960	Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route.
25/9/1960	Helsinki – Stockholm route.
6/10/1960	Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route.
12/10/1960	Helsinki – Stockholm route.
27/12/60-16/2/61	Docking at Crichton-Vulcan, Turku.
17/2-19/4/1961	Laid up at Turku
27/4/1961	Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route.
15/5/1961	Helsinki – Stockholm route.
26/9/1961	Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route.
27/12/1961	Laid up at Turku
24/4/1962	Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route.

30/9/1967	Stockholm – mariehamn cruises

28/4/1969	Ran aground at Rysäkari near Helsinki
12/5/1969	Afloated, towed for repairing at Helsinki.
12/5/1969	Back in service
1970	Silja Line logo painted to hull and operated under Silja Line brand.
28/5/1971	Helsinki – Leningrad cruises
9/1971	Turku – Stockholm route and later Stockholm – Mariehamn cruises.
20/3/1972	Docking.
28/4/1972	Charter to Jakob Lines, Pietarsaari.
5/1972	Pietarsaari – Skellefteå , Pietearsaari / Kokkola – Umeå routes.
9/1972	Returned to Rederi AB Bore.
1973	Rebuild to cruise ship at Beckholmen, Stockholm.
28/4/1973	Helsinki – Tallinn and Helsinki – Leningrad cruises for summer operated Bore.
1973	Turku – Stockholm route and Stockholm – Mariehamn cruises for winter , operated Silja Line

20/9/1976	Laid up at Turku
24/9/1976	Sold to Midwest Cruises Panama S.A., Panama
12/10/1976	Delivered to new owners. New name Lowell Thomas Explorer.
10/12/1976	Voyage from Turku to Jacksonville.
10/5/1977	Laid up at Montreal.
15/8/1977	Arrested and set to sell by auction.
14/11/1977	Sold to Throughfun Co. Monrovia ( Josef Roth Reederei, Hamburg)
22/11/1977	New name Royal Clipper.
6/12/1977	Sunk at port of Montreal after fire in engineroom . CTL
20/11/1982	Salvaged McAllister Towing & Salvage Ltd. towed to Port Maitland, Ontario. Scrapped by Port Maitland Shipbreaking Ltd.