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