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Building contract
Building started
10/4/1966Keel laid
29/9/1966Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
15/3/1967Delivered to Rederi Ab Svenska Lloyd, Göteborg, Sweden.
5/4/1967Southampton – Bilbao route.
1/9/1977Laid up at Göteborg for sale.
1/9/1978Sold to Stena Line Ab, Göteborg, Sweden. New name
Stena Oceanica.
30/10/1978Rebuild by Smith’s Dock, Co Ltd, Tyneside, UK. Build higher cargodeck and new passenger areas.
3/1979Rebuilding continued on Götaverken, Göteborg.
4/1979New name Stena Saga.
28/5/1979Oslo – Frederikshavn route.
8/1983Owner Stena Ab, Göteborg.
5/1988Charter to Lion Ferry Ab. New name Lion Queen.
17/5/1988Rebuild by Verft Nobiskrug, Rendsburg.
9/6/1988Halmstad – Grenå route.
8/1988Helsingborg – Grenå route.
23/11/1989Rebuild by Werft Nobiskrug, Rendsburg,
14/3/1990New name Crown Princess Victoria.
Voyage to Canada.
5/1990Owner Stena Line of Canada Ltd, Victoria, BC, Canada.
5/5/1990Victoria, Canada – Seattle, USA route.
18/10/1990Laid up. New owner Stena Crown Princess Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas. New name Crown Princess.
12/1990Charter to Starlite Cruises, Piraeus, Greece. New name Pacific Star.
23/12/1990San Diego – Ensenada, Mexico route, casino cruises.
6/1993Charter to Sun Fiesta Cruises. New name Sun Fiesta.
Port Everglades – Freeport casino cruises.
1993Rebuild in Piraeus
2/1994Owner Stena Ab, Göteborg, Sweden.
4/3/1994Refurbished on Öresundsvarvet.
10/3/1994Charter to Lion Ferry Ab. New name Lion Queen.
1/4/1994Halmstad – Grenå route.
19/5/1995Karlskrona – Gdynia route. Home port Gdynia, Poland.
19/6/1997Laid up at Gdynia.
9/1997Sold to New Century Cruise Lines (Sembawang Holdings Group), Nassau, Bahamas.
11/1997Refurbished by Sembawang Betlehem Yard, Singapore.
11/1997New Century´s Leisure World service. Singapore – Batam route. Cancelled after two weeks.
11/1997Sold to Rederi Ab Hornet, Stockholm, Sweden. (Kingsway Shipping Pty. Ltd., Nassau, Bahamas).
12/1997Rebuild by Sembawang Betlehem Yard, Singapore. Build casino to cargo deck.
12/1997New name Putri Bintang.
Casino cruises on Malaysia.
2/1998Sold to Earth Star Profits Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas. New name Amusement World
2/1998Operated New Century Cruise Line. Casino cruises from Singapore.
10/3/1998Casino cruises from Kukup, Malaysia
2000Build larger Casino
2002Singapore – Malaysia – Thailand service.
2004Cruises from Penang.
20/11/2005Sold to Jackson Maritime Ltd (Universal Shipmanagement Pte Ltd), Singapore. Homeport Funafuti, Tuvalu.
9/2012Palau flag.
12/2015Panama flag.
6/8/2020Laid up outside of Singapore.
26/4/2021Sold to scrap
27/5/2021Homeport Basseterre, St Kitts & Nevis. New name World
Final voyage to India.