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LOI
1/3/1906Building contract
Building started
21/4/1906Keel laid
10/8/1906Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
1/10/1906Delivered to Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab A/S – (DFDS), Copenhagen, Denmark.
10/1906Stettin – Copenhagen – Frederikshavn – Christiania route.
1912-1914Some visits Copenhagen – Århus route.
9/8/1914Laid up at Copenhagen due to WW 1.
23/3-18/5/1915Copenhagen – Århus route.
7-21/6/1916Copenhagen – Århus route.
21/6-2/9/1916Copenhagen – Chistiania route.
24/6-3/9/1917Copenhagen- Frederikshavn – Horten- Christiania route.
22/11/18-8/1/19Charter to British Government for 15trips between England and Germany.
9-11/1/1919Charter to France Goverment to carry warprisoners.
20-22/2/1919Copenhagen – Helsingør – Århus – Copenhagen voyage.
31/3-22/4/1919Copenhagen-Århus-Hanko-Copenhagen-Århus-Turku-Copenhagen voyage
2/6-14/8/1919Copenhagen – Chistiania route.
15/8-18/11/1919Copenhagen – Århus route.
22-30/6/1920Copenhagen – Århus route.
4/7-28/9/1920Esbjerg – Harwich service.
10/5/1921Homeport Esbjerg.
27/5-18/6/1921Copenhagen – Chistiania route.
6-9/1921Esbjerg – Harwich service.
5-7/9/1921Copenhagen – Chistiania route.
6/3-5/5/1922Rebuild by Deutche Werke, Kiel, Germany.
1922-Esbjerg – Harwich service.
1926-1929Some visits on Stettin – Copenhagen – Oslo and Copenhagen – Århus routes
5/10/1929Homeport Copenhagen.
1930Stettin – Copenhagen – Oslo route.
1937Esbjerg – Harwich and some visits Copenhagen – Århus route
29/12/1937Home port Esbjerg.
9/9/39-6/4/1940Esbjerg – Hull – Grimsby – Tilbury – Aberdeen – Glasgow route
7/4/1940Laid up at Esbjerg
22/4/1941Laid up at Copenhagen.
7/1/1943Charter to German Navy. New name Almuth.
8/1/1943Service between Germany – Denmark – Norway.
8/8/1944Arrived in Helsingör
17/8-16/11/1944Rebuild by Helsingör Skips og Maskinbyggeri A/S, Helsingör, Denmark
16/11/1944Delivered back to DFDS. New name Dronning Maud.
14/11/1945Charter to Belgian Goverment.
21/12/1945Oostende – Tilbury route.
2/1946Hoek van Holland – Tilbury route
2/3-15/5/1946Charter to Charter to British Government. Tilbury – Antwerpen service.
18/8/1946Laid up at Copenhagen.
25/8/1947Sold to AB Orient, Turku , FInland. New name Bore II.
16/12/1947Owner Ångfartyg AB Bore, Turku, Finland.
12/47-5/1948Rebuild by Wärtsilä Yhtymä Oy, Crichton-Vulcan, Turku, Finland.
6/6/1948Helsinki – Stockholm route.
Turku – Stockholm route
1953Build second funnel (dummy)
1953Helsinki – Stockholm route.
23/3/1957Company change name to Höyrylaiva OY Bore.
1960-1965Summer charters to SIljavarustamo OY, Helsinki , Finland.
Helsinki – Leningrad route.
21/5-23/11/1965Charter to EFFOA, helsinki , FInland. New name Silja II
Helsinki – Travemünde and Helsinki – Tallinn routes.
23/11/1965New name Bore II
16/3/1966Sold to EFFOA, Helsinki, Finland. New name Silja II.
1966Helsinki – Travemünde and Helsinki – Tallinn routes.
30/9/1966Laid up at Helsinki
12/6/1967Sold to Helsingin Romuliike , Helsinki, FInland.
30/11/1967Scrapped in Helsinki, FInland.