History
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. | |