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LOI
Building contract
Building started
8/8/1969 Keel laid
21/2/1970 Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
6/6/1970 Delivered to Delivered to Bonnierföretagen Ab , Halmstad, Sverige (Lion Ferry) .
8/6/1970 Prinzen Linie service Bremerhaven – Harwich route.
1978Owner Deutche Leasing AG, Bremen, Germany. Continue Prinzen Linie service.
30/9/1978 30/9/1978
1/5/1981 Operated DFDS A/S.
17/12/1982 Laid up at Bremerhaven.
11/2-11/3/1983 Charter to Stoomvart Maatschappij Zeeland. Hoek van Holland – Harwich route.
12/3/1983 Charter to Sealink UK. Hoek van Holland – Harwich route.
11/6/1983 Laid up at Bremerhaven, later Copenhagen.
30/11/1983 Sold to DFDS Deutschland G.m.b.H. Hamburg, Germany.
6/6/1984 Esbjerg – Newcastle – Göteborg and Cuxhaven – Harwich – Göteborg routes
20/8/1984 Laid up at Copenhagen.
14/11/1984 Sold to Nordic Sun Ltd. Sweden.
14/12/1984 Delivered to new owner. New name Nordic Sun.
25/2/1985 Rebuild on Werft Nobiskrug GmbH. Plans to open new route. Laid up.
5/1985 Charter to TT-Line. Trelleborg – Travemünde route.
27/4/1985 End of charter.
27/4/1985 Drydocking at Helsinki.
30/4/1985 Sold to Perbadabab Nasional Shipping Line Berhad, (PNSL), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
5/1985 Rebuild
28/6/1985 New name Cruise Muhibah
1/7/1986 Voyage from Helsinki to Port Kelang.
8/1986 Malaysia – Singapore service.
1/1989 Sold to EPA Ireland Ltd, Dublin , Ireland.
6/1/1990 Voyage from Jakarta to Dublin.
5/2/1990 Rebuild on Liffey Yard PTE, Dublin. New name Munster.
27/4/1990 B & I Line service Rosslare – Pembroke Dock and Dun Laoghaire – Holyhead route.
31/3/1992 Laid up.
1/4/1993 Docking at Skipsdokk Sør A/S, Kristiansand
5/1993 Sold to EPA Investor No II, Limassol, Cyprus. New name Ambassador.
7/1993 Charter to New Olympic Ferries Ltd. Patras – Igoumenitsa – Bari route.
2/1994 Laid up at Genoa after operator went bankrupt.
8/3/1994 Owner EPA Investor Il Sociedad en Comandita Por Acciones (EPA Invest A/S), Panama.
9/3/1994 New name Ambassador II.
20/5/1994 Charter to COTUNAV Tunis – Napoli – Genova route
31/10/1994 Docking at Fredericia Skibsværft A/S, Fredericia
3/12/1994 Charter to Tallink.
10/12/1994 Tallinn – Travemünde route.
14/1/1995 Main engine broke down. Laid up at Travemünde.
30/3-4/5/1995 Repaired in HDW Kiel.
7/1995 Charter to COMANAV Sète – Nador route.
10/1995 Laid up.
10/1996 Charter to National Maritime Transport Co, Benghazi, Libya Tripolis – Valletta route.
11/1996 Laid up.
4/1997 Sold to Sterling Shipping One LLC, Liberia.
5/5/97-1/4/1999 Rebuild to casino day cruise ship byA&P Appledore, UK .
6/1999 Bahamas flag.
7/1999 Day cruises from Port Canaveral, USA. Management International Shipping Partners.
6/7/2008 Cruises cancelled.
22/7/2008 Laid up at Orange, Texas, USA.
16/1/2011 Sold to scrap for New Orleans, USA.