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LOI
Building contract
Building started
26/2/1943 Keel laid
2/8/1943 Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
9/10/1943 Delivered to US Navy
9/10/1943 Chartered to Great Britain and commissioned HMS
Kilham (Z 07); Reclassified BEC-7
12/1946 Returned to USA. Laid up
1947 Take out from register
1949Sold to S/A Investment (Fylkesbaatane i Sogne og Fjordane, Mgrs.) , Bergen, Norway.
1950Rebuild to car ferry . New name Sognefjord
1950Norwegian coastal routes.
1958Sold to Fylkesbataane i Sogne og Fjordane , Bergen, Norway.
1982Sold to Filmeffekt A/S of Oslo,Norway. New name Orion.
1984Sold to K/S Orion Film A/S, Oslo , Norway. Laid up.
1987Sold to Matkat OY, Helsinki, Finland.
1991Sold to Orion Risteilyt OY, Hamina, Finland.
7/10/1992 New name Corona.
10/10/1992 New name Orion.
1996 Sold to Jaakko Mathias Eriksson, Honduras.
1997Sold to Ab Dronkers BV, Rotterdam, Holland. New name Orient Explorer.
Diving cruises
2009Drydocking at Labuan Shipyard, Malaysia