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                                    History

2/1/1970 Building contract
2/6/1971 Keel laid
3/12/1971 Launch
26/5/1972 Delivered to rederi AB Svea
5/6/1972 Silja Line service Helsinki – Stockholm route
24/5/1975 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route
20/6/1975 Helsinki – Stockholm route
18/7/1975 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route
4/10/1975 Turku – Mariehamn – Norrtälje route
1/9/1976 Turku – Mariehamn – Norrtälje route closed. Svea Regina laid up on Stockholm.
2/6/1977 Charter to Compagnie Nationale Algerienne de Navigation Maritime (CNAN)
6/1977 Marseilles – Algiers / Bejaia / Oran routes
30/8/1977 End of charter
10/1977 Laid up Norrtälje
1/3/1978 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route
29/3/1978 Charter  to Det Bergenske D/S A/S, Norway , used as accomodation ship om Stord.
20/5/1978 End of charter . Drydocking on Göteborg.
28/5/1978 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route
3/9/1978 Laid up on turku
22/9/1978 Sold to Finland Steamship Company (SHO / FÅA)
2/10/1978 New name Regina
27/10/1978 Charter to Polferries
10/1978 Gdynia – Nynäshamn – Helsinki route
4/1979 End of charter
4/1979 Charter to German travel agency cruise from Kiel to Kirknes
12/6/1979 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route
1/9/1979 Laid up on turku
9/1979 Charter to Brittany Ferries  St Malo – Portsmouth route when their on ferrys had technical problems. Later laid up
28/10/1979 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route
29/11/1979 Last day on Silja Line service.
29/11/1979 Delivery to new owner Karageorgis Lines, new name Mediterranean Sun. Greece flag.
1980 Patras – Ancona route
1980 Sold to Heritage Shipping Co Ltd. Cyprus flag.
1981 Laid up Piraeus
1982 Sold to Naftiliaki Eteri Lesvou A.E, Greece. New name Odysseas Elytis. Greece flag.
1982 Ancona – Pireus – Heraklion – Alexandria route. NEL Lines service
1983 Pireus – Rodos route
1984 Ancona – Alexandria route.
6/1985 Sold to Skycruises Ltd. (SeaEscape). New name Scandinavian Sky, Bahamas flag.
6-7/1985 Rebuild cabins, public areas and larger sundeck with pool on Werft Nobiskrug, Germany
7/1985 Cruises between Miami and Nassau operated SeaEscape
1986 Fire on engineroom on voyage between Cancun , Mexico and Tampa, Florida
11/1986 Four seamens died on toxic gases when ship was  dry dock in Jacksonville at the time of the accident.
1989 New owner Star Cruise Ltd. (Bahamas)
18/12/1989 Sold to Palkkiyhtymä OY , Finland, New name Tallink, Finland flag.
25/1/1990 Helsinki – Tallinn route operated Tallink
11/1990 Refurbished cabins on D-deck.
1-3/1991 Refurbished C-deck cabins.
8/4/1991 Dry dock
15/4/1991 Back on Helsinki – Tallinna route
6/4/1992 Docking
13/4/1992 Back on Helsinki – Tallinna route
26/6/1992 Sold to Tallink Bahamas Ltd.
30/6/1992 Estonian flag.continue same route
1993 Build a Supermarket (food shop) on F deck , under car deck.
25/12/1993 Dry dock and refurbished
17/1/1994 Back on Helsinki – Tallinna route
9/12/1996 Laid up on Tallinn for sale
7/1998 Sold to Florence Mar. S.A. New name Mama Tanzania, Panama flag.
10/1998 Sold to Salam Internationell Transport & Trading Co Ltd. New name Eltor, Belize flag
10/1998 Depart from Tallinn to Red Sea
1999 Suez – Jeddah route.
10/1999 Panama flag
6/2001 Sold to Yakima Navigation. New name Monte Carlo.
10/2001 New name El Safa
3/4/2005 Engine problems near Hodeidah, Jemen
9/2005 Sold for scrap  to Alang, India
21/9/2005 Arrived to Alang