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LOI
Building contract
Building started
Keel laid
16/4/1953 Launch
Sea trial
4/10/1953 Second sea trial
12/10/1953 Delivered to Transatlantic Shipping Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia
15/10/1953 Greek Line Transatlantic service.
15/10/1953 Maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.
26/3/1955 Piraeus – New York route
1961 Piraeus – Haifa – Limassol – New York route . Cruises winter seasons.
1968 Greece flag. home port Andros.
1970 Rebuild to cruise ship after Transatlantic service cancelled.
1974 Laid up .
1981 Sold to  Sally Shipping GmbH, Hamburg, Germany. New name Caribe.
3-6/1983 Rebuild by  HDW in Hamburg. New main engines.
29/6/1983 Owner Commodore Cruise Line, Panama. New name Caribe 1.
5/1988 Rebuild in Norfolk shipyard.
 1993 Sold to Regal Cruise Line, Nassau, Bahamas. New name Regal Empress.
18/4/2003 Arrested in Port Manatee.
23/5/2003 Sold to Imperial Majesty Cruises, Nassau, Bahamas.
25/6/2003 Fort Lauderdale – Nassau casino cruises.
3/2009  Sold to scrap.
23/7/2009 Arrived to Alang, India.