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| 1949 |
Building contract, originaly combined cargoship |
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Building started as ocean lineer |
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| 19/12/1950 |
Keel laid |
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| 5/4/1951 |
Launch |
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Sea trial |
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Second sea trial |
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| 15/7/1952 |
Delivered to Holland America Lijn, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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| 11/8/1952 |
Rotterdam – Le Havre – Southampton – New York route |
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| 10/12/1952 |
Collision with tanker Ellen. Tanker and 6 of her crew lost. |
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| 3/10/1954 |
Collision with freighter Tofevo in Rhode Island. |
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| 1955 |
Stabilizers fitted |
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| 2/1963 |
Bremerhaven – Rotterdam – Le Havre – Southampton -Gobh – New York route |
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| 15/2/1963 |
Collision with freighter Harborough. Maasdam take leak and passengers evacuated. |
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| 16/4/1963 |
Back in service after repairs |
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| 20/10/1965 |
Rotterdam-Southampton-Port Said-Colombo-Fremantle -Melbourne- Sydney -Wellington-Papeete-Los Angeles-Acapulco-Balboa-Cristobal-Kingston-New York-Cobh-Southampton -Rotterdam voyage. |
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| 3/12/1965 |
Rebuild in Norddeutschen Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven to make her better suitabled for longer voyages. Summer time Atlantic ocean liner service. |
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| 7/1-3/4/1968 |
Final world voyage. |
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| 15/5/1968 |
Sold to Polish Ocean Lines, Gdynia, Poland |
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| 29/9/1968 |
Last arrival to Rotterdam |
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| 10/1968 |
Delivered to new owner. New name Stefan Batory. Poland flag. |
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| 1968/69 |
Rebuild in Gdansk. |
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| 11/4/1969 |
Maiden voyage Gdynia – Copenhagen – Tilbury-Quebec City – Montreal -Southampton – Copenhagen – Gdynia route. |
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| 15/2/69-3/70 |
Rebuild in gdansk. |
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Winter seasons cruises |
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| 7/10/1987 |
End of Transatlantic service. Some cruises. |
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Laid up at Gdynia |
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| 5/1988 |
Sold to Hellenic Polish Shippig & Trading Enterprises, Panama |
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| 1989 |
Sold to City Shipping International (Stena Line), Nassau, Bahamas |
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| 1990 |
Used as accommodation ship in Göteborg. |
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| 17/12/1991 |
Laid up at Piraeus. |
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| 1992 |
Sold to Tony Travel & Agency, Nassau, Bahamas. |
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Plans to rebuild ship and set back to service. |
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| 7/1992 |
Laid up at Chalkis |
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| 24/3/2000 |
Arrived to Aliaga, Turkey for scraping. |
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