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LOI
Building contract
Building started
Keel laid
1/11/1987 Launch
14/5/1988 Christened
Sea trial
Second sea trial
1/6/1988 Delivered to Royal Cruise Line, Piraeus, Greece
7/6/1988Cruises
1990Bahamas flag.
1992Sold to Kloster Cruise
5/1996 Operated Norwegian Cruise Line. New name Norwegian Crown.
5/2000 Operated Orient Line. New name Crown Odyssey
3/2003 Refurbished at Sembawang Shipyard, Singapore
26/3/2003 New name Norwegian Crown
15/9/2003 Operated NCL.
25/5/2006 Sold to Fred Olsen Cruise Lines
11/2007 Delivered to Fred Olsen Cruise Lines
15/11/2007 Arrived to Blohm + Voss Shipyard. Lengthened 30 meters.
11/2007 New name Balmoral.
1/2008 Back in service.
21/1/2009 Hit a 15 m high wave, 2 passengers injured.
2015/16 winter Cruises from Southampton
21/5/2016 Cruises from Newcastle and Southampton to South and North Europe.
12/11/2016 Caribbean cruise from Southampton
14/12/2016 Cruises to Canary Islands and Norway.
4/2/2017 Central America cruise from Southampton