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LOI
 12/1959 Building contract
Building started
2/12/1960 Keel laid
16/10/1961 Launch
Sea trial
24-25/3/1962 Second sea trial
12/4/1962 Delivered to Rederi Ab Svea, Stockholm, Sweden
15-17/4/1962 Maiden voyage
21/4/1962 Stockholm – Helsinki and Stockholm – Turku routes Silja Line service.
27/12/1963 Black out.
7/1/1976 Last day in Stockholm – Turku service.
8/1/1976 Laid up for sale.
15/3/1976 Sold to  p/r Apollo III, Stockholm, Sweden. (Rederi AB Slite and Rederi AB Volo) New name Apollo III.
 Drydocking.
2/4/1976 Viking Line service Stockholm – Mariehamn cruises.
12/76-10/3/1977  Build cabins to formely car deck. Refurbished.
11/3/1977  Stockholm – Mariehamn cruises.
20/12/1981 Arrived to Jokipaja OY, Turku, Finland to  change engine to diesel engine.
26/4/1982 Back in   Stockholm – Mariehamn cruises.
17/1-28/2/1983 Used as hotelship in Stockholm.
27/2/1989 Laid up for sale after last cruise on Stockholm – Mariehamn service.
3/1989 Sold to Siam Cruise Co Ltd, Bangkok, Thailand. New name Andaman Princess.
10/3-15/4/1989 Voyage from Stockholm to Singapore.
5/1989 Bangkok – Singapore – Samoa cruises
8/2005 Laid up at Bangkok after Siam Cruises economical problems.
19/6/2006 Sold to  Advent Systems Ltd, British Virgin Island. New name Prince , Sierra Leone flag. Laid up
1/2007 Laid up at Vladivostock, Russia.
Laid up at Mekong River
2010 Sold to scrap. Most likely scrapped in China.
4/3/2013 Removed from ship register.