History
Building contract | ||
Start of Production | ||
2/8/1939 | Keel laid | |
14/3/1940 | Launch | |
8/5/1940 | Delivered to A/S Grenaa-Hundested Færgefart, Grenå, Denmark | |
1940 | Used as hotel ship at Grenå due to WW2. | |
1942 | Take over by German Navy | |
9/1942 | Warnemünde – Gedser service by German Navy | |
7/1943 | Damaged by air force attack to Travemünde. | |
1943 | Towed to neptun Wert, Rostock for repairing. | |
23/6/1944 | Capsize when was unloading cargo at Helsinki. | |
6-8/1944 | Salvage of ship unloaded cargo and refloated | |
1944 | Towed to Danzig and later Kiel where laid up end of WW2. | |
7/9/1945 | Returned back to Rederiet A/S Grenaa-Hundested Færgefart, Denmark | |
1945 | Rebuild on Svendborg Værft, Denmark | |
7/1947 | Grenå – Hundested route. | |
8/1947 | Charter to A/S Larvik-Frederikshavnfaerge. | |
12/1947 | Back to Grenå – Hundested service. | |
1959 | Short charter period to Rederi Ab Göteborg-Frederikshavn Linjen , Göteborg – Frederikshavn route. | |
6/1964 | Sold to Europafergen Service A/S, Grenå, Denmark . New name Varberg. | |
27/6/1964 | Varberg – Grenå route. | |
1964 | Short charter to Lion Ferry,Halmstad – Copenhamn route. | |
winter 1964/65 | Mostly laid up | |
5/1965 | Rederi Ab Göteborg-Frederikshavn Linjen , Göteborg – Frederikshavn route. | |
12/1965 | Charter to Grenå – Hundested Linien, Hundsted – Grenå route. | |
spring 1966 | Back to owner and Varberg – Grenå route. | |
9/5/1966 | Capsized when drydocked at Falkenbergs varv. CTL. | |
6/1966 | Sold to Ab Persöner, Ystad. For scrapping. | |
12/9/1966 | Sold to Rederi AB Sally, Mariehamn, Åland. | |
10/1966 | Arrived to Algot Johansson varvet, Mariehamn for rebuilding. | |
29/4/1967 | Sold to Rederi Ab Solstad, Mariehamn, Finland. New name Viking 2. | |
1967 | Mariehamn – kapellskär and some times Naantali – Mariehamn – Kapellskär route. | |
23/4/1970 | Collsiion between Kapella and Viking 2 at Mariehamn. Repaired Algots Varvet. | |
5/1971 | Back to Mariehamn – Kapellskär route. | |
12/1977 | Owner Rederi AB Sally, Mariehamn. | |
11/2/1978 | Fire broke out when Viking 2 was winter laid up at Algots Varvet. | |
3/1978 | Sold to Loviisan Metalli ja Kone Oy, Loviisa, Finland | |
11/3/1978 | Towed to Loviisa for scrapping. | |