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	Building contract
	Start of Production
	Keel laid
25/11/1966	Launch
18/12/1967	Delivered to Stena AB, Göteborg, Sweden
12/1967	Göteborg – Frederikshavn route.
4/1968	Sold to Alaska Maritime Highway (State of Alaska) , USA.
4/1968	New name Wickersham, Panama flag
1968	Seattle – Vancouver – Prince Rupert – Ketchikan – Wrangell – Petersburg – Sitka – Juneau – Haines – Skagway route
14/6/1974	Sold to Rederi AB Sally, Mariehamn, Åland. New name Viking 6 , Finlands flag.
16/7/1974	Helsinki – Stockholm route.
Winter 1974/75	Build cabins to deck 5 front formely Cafeteria.
Spring 1975	Back on Helsinki – Stockholm route.
1979	Charter cruise Helsinki – Tallinn – Helsinki
Early 1980	Naantali – Mariehman –  Kapellskär  route
5/1980	Helsinki – Stockholm route.
8/6/1980	Charter to Brittany Ferries. New name Geolo.
6/1980	St. Malo – Portsmouth route
1/5/1982	End of charter. New name Viking 6
1-20/5/1982	Sally Line UK service Ramsgate – Dunkerque route.
24/5- 25/11/1982	Charter to North Sea Ferries.
24/5/1982	Hull – Rotterdam route.
28/11 – 12/12/1982	Charter to JKL , Denmark. Juelsminde – Kalundborg route
22/12/1982	Sold to Sol Lines (Takis Solomonidis) , Cyprus. New name Sol Olympia. Cyprus flag.
1/4/1983	Haifa – Limassol – Rodos – Piraeus – Venice route.
21/2/1985	New name Sun Express.
3/1985	Charter to Sally Line UK
1/4/1985	Ramsgate – Dunkerque route.
6/1985	New name Viking 6.
26/4/1986	Laid up on Dunkerque.
7/1986	Charter to Ferry Line, Italy. Sol Line went a bankrupt.
11/1986	Sold to Moby Lines , Italy. New name Moby Dream
11/1986	La Spezia – Bastia route.
4/1993	Sardegna Lines service. New name Sardegna Bella.
4/1993	Livorno – Olbia route.
1998	Broken main engine. Laid up Livorno.
4/7/2001	Sold to Turkish ship broker.
24/9/2001	Arrived to Aliaga.