History
10/1968 | Building contract | |
22/12/1969 | Keel laid | |
6/52/1970 | Launch and named Viking I | |
9/8/1970 | Delivered to Rederi AB Sally, Mariehamn, Åland | |
12/8/1970 | Naantali – Mariehamn – Kapellskär route, operated Viking Line | |
21/11/1971 | Ground near Kapellskär | |
22/11/1971 | Arrived to repairing to Finnboda Varv, Stockholm | |
autumn 1974 | Laid up Mariehamn | |
Winter 1974/75 | Build more cabins stern of decks 4 and 5. Meyer Werft, Papenburg. | |
19/2 – 4/1975 | Helsinki – Stockholm route | |
21/4-1/5/1975 | Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route | |
5/1975 | Naantali – Mariehamn – Kapellskär route | |
15/8/1975 | Grounded near Nauvo. | |
2-4/1976 | Stockholm – Helsinki route | |
4/1976 | Few days on Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route | |
27/4/1976 | Naantali – Mariehamn – Kapellskär route, | |
3/1980- 21/6/1980 | Helsinki – Stockholm route | |
6/1980 | Naantali – Mariehamn – Kapellskär route | |
13/4/1982 | Charter to Brittany Ferries | |
4/1982 | Portsmouth – St. Malo route | |
14/5-31/8/1982 | Naantali – Mariehamn – Kapellskär route | |
1/9/1982 | Laid up on Mariehamn | |
6/1983 | Charter to Vaasanlaivat. New name Wasa Express | |
9/6/1983 | Vaasa – Umeå and Vaasa – Sundsvall route | |
10/1983 | Laid up on Vaasa ? | |
1/4/1984 | New name Viking 1 , Laid up on mariehamn | |
20/6/1984 | Charter to Khalid Shipping Co, Panama. | |
6/1984 | Arrived Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven where change bigger lifeboats and new aircondition system | |
6/1984 | New name Khalid I | |
7/1984 | Start operate on Red sea Suez – Jeddah route. Panama flag. | |
19/2/1985 | End of charter. Laid up Suez. | |
5/1985 | Sold to Brave Commander Sa, Panama. New name Mecca 1. | |
3/8/1985 | Fire on engineroom at Suez. Repaired later. | |
1/1986 | Sold to Khaled Fouda, Egypt. Continue Panama register. | |
1/1986 | New name Al Hussein II. | |
1/1991 | Sold to El Salam Trading & Shipping, Egypt, Panam flag. New name Al-Quamar Al-Saudi Al-Misri 1. | |
1992 | New name Mecca 1 | |
1993 | New name Al-Quamar Al-Saudi II. | |
1994 | New name Mecca 1 | |
27/3/1994 | Grounded near Safaga | |
2/4/1994 | Drydocking and repairing at Suez. | |
3/1998 | Laid up Suez | |
8/1998 | Sold to Brave Commander SA, Honduras , New name Fagr. | |
1/1999 | Laid up Port Tewfik near Suez. | |
19/4/1999 | Take a water and capsize in storm at Port Tewfik. | |
10/2002 | Start to refloat wreck | |
15/10/2002 | Arrived scrapyard Suez, Egypt | |