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Building contract
Building started
Keel laid
9/1952 Launch and named by Mrs. Disan von Rettig, wife of Dr. Hans von Rettig.
Sea trial
Second sea trial
10/12/1952 Delivered to Ångfartygs AB Bore, Turku, Finland.
12/12/1952 Voyage from Oskarshamn to Turku.
19/12/1952 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route.
12/5/1960 Helsinki – Stockholm route.
6/9/1960 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route.
25/9/1960 Helsinki – Stockholm route.
6/10/1960 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route.
12/10/1960 Helsinki – Stockholm route.
27/12/60-16/2/61 Docking at Crichton-Vulcan, Turku.
17/2-19/4/1961 Laid up at Turku
27/4/1961 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route.
15/5/1961 Helsinki – Stockholm route.
26/9/1961 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route.
27/12/1961 Laid up at Turku
24/4/1962 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route.
30/9/1967 Stockholm – mariehamn cruises
28/4/1969 Ran aground at Rysäkari near Helsinki
12/5/1969 Afloated, towed for repairing at Helsinki.
12/5/1969 Back in service
1970Silja Line logo painted to hull and operated under Silja Line brand.
28/5/1971 Helsinki – Leningrad cruises
9/1971 Turku – Stockholm route and later Stockholm – Mariehamn cruises.
20/3/1972 Docking.
28/4/1972 Charter to Jakob Lines, Pietarsaari.
5/1972 Pietarsaari – Skellefteå , Pietearsaari / Kokkola – Umeå routes.
9/1972 Returned to Rederi AB Bore.
1973Rebuild to cruise ship at Beckholmen, Stockholm.
28/4/1973 Helsinki – Tallinn and Helsinki – Leningrad cruises for summer operated Bore.
1973Turku – Stockholm route and Stockholm – Mariehamn cruises for winter , operated Silja Line
20/9/1976 Laid up at Turku
24/9/1976 Sold to Midwest Cruises Panama S.A., Panama
12/10/1976 Delivered to new owners. New name Lowell Thomas Explorer.
10/12/1976 Voyage from Turku to Jacksonville.
10/5/1977 Laid up at Montreal.
15/8/1977 Arrested and set to sell by auction.
14/11/1977 Sold to Throughfun Co. Monrovia ( Josef Roth Reederei, Hamburg)
22/11/1977 New name Royal Clipper.
6/12/1977 Sunk at port of Montreal after fire in engineroom . CTL
20/11/1982 Salvaged McAllister Towing & Salvage Ltd. towed to Port Maitland, Ontario. Scrapped by Port Maitland Shipbreaking Ltd.