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26/10/1967 Keel laid
20/4/1968 Launch and named Freeport
22/11/1968 Delivered to Miami Terminal Transport Co. and named Freeport I, Liberian flag
12/1968 Miami – Freeport route , operated Freeport Cruise Line
4/1973 Sold to Birka line, Finland
5/1973 Helsinki – Stockholm route.
5/1973 Named Freeport
10/1973 Sold to Rederi AB Svea
1974 Named Svea Star
3/1974 Helsingborg – Tuborg – Travemünde route, operated Trave Line
11/1976 Sold to Bremer Schiffahrts GmbH & Co., Germany
22/11/1976 Named Caribe
1977 Portland – Yarmouth rouet and cruises on Caribbean
1981 Named Caribe Bremen, Panama flag
13/10/1981 Named Scandinavian Sun
1981 Rebuild on  Hamburg
10/1981 Sold to Scandinavian World Cruises. Bahamas flag
2/1982 Miami – Freeport casino cruises
20/8/1984 Fire onboard on Port of Miami. 2 of crew dead and 31 injures
1985 Charter to SeaEscape
1988 Sold to SeaEscape
17/1/1992 Named Balanga Queen
1992 Charter to Corona Line. Karlskrona – Gdynia route.
5/1994 – 12/1994 Charter to Tallink. Tallinn – Travemünde route. Estonia flag
12/8/1994 Sold to Discovery Sun Partnership
1/3/1995 Named Discovery Sun, Panama flag
1995 Casino cruises Port Everglades, Ft. Lauderdale – Freeport, Bahamas route
2000 Bahamas flag
6/9/2011 Bahamas day cruise operator Discovery Cruise Line is ceasing service for good in September citing
high operating costs and an inability to raise rates in the ailing economy.
9/2011 Sold to scrap (Alang)