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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