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LOI
24/9/1963Building contract
Building started
19/6/1963Keel laid
13/6/1964Launch
7/5/1965Sea trial
4/9/1965Second sea trial
18/9/1965Delivered to A/S Den Norske Amerikalinje, Oslo, Norway. Christened.
24/9/1965Arrived to Oslo, promotion cruise
2/10/1965Oslo – New York – Oslo route
10/1965Cruises around the world
11/1976Laid up
3/1977Back in service
19/10/1980Rebuild by Blohm & Voss, HAmburg. New main engines, aircondition and 15new cabins installed.
12/1980Back in cruise service.
11/5/1983Sold to Cunard Line.
10/1983Delivered to Cunard Line. Bahamas flag.
10/1983Rebuild n San Francisco
23/2/1996Suffered engineroom fire at South China Sea.
4-6/1996Repaired at Sembawang Shipyard, Singapore
5/1996Charter to Transocean Tours, Bremen
16/7/1996Transocean Tours service, new name Gripsholm.
4/8/1996Run aground at sandbank near Helsingborg.Repaired at Lloyd Werft.
18/8/1996Back in service.
1997Sold to Saga Shipping Co. New name Saga Rose.
4/1997Refurbished by A&P Falmouth
14/5/1997First voyage to Saga Cruises
12/1997Refurbished by A&P Falmouth
1/1998World cruise
39/7/1999Collision with fishing vessel at Western Norway
6/12/2009End of last cruise of Saga Cruises.
11/12/2009Arrived to Gibraltar for anchorage
9/4/2010Voyage to China
29/5/2010Scrapped at Jiangyin, China