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LOI
21/10/1932Building contract
Building started
23/12/1932Keel laid
12/4/1933Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
9/6/1933Delivered to Southern Railway , Southampton, UK
18/6/1933Jersey – St Malo route.
9/1939Take over by British Admiralty.
10/1945Delivered back to owner.
10/1945Mostly Jersey – St Malo route.
1/1/1948Owner British Transport Comission, Southampton, UK
1/1/1962Owner British Railwys Board, Southampton, UK
11/1962Laid up at Southampton
9/4/1963Sold to Ålandsfärjan AB, Mariehamn , Finland.
New name Ålandsfärjan
4-6/1963Rebuild to car ferry by Helsingborgs varv AB, Sweden
20/6/1963Mariehamn – Gräddö route autumn few voyages
Mariehman- Kapellskär route
winter 1963/64Laid up . Build new kiosk´s and new louge
1964-Mariehamn – kapellskär oute, laid up winters.
2/12/1965Rammed by Soviet cargo ship Ligovo at Mariehamn.
24/1/1969Owner change name to SF-Line AB, Mariehamn
19/5/1972Aground near Remmargrund, refloaded
5/1972Laid up
17/7/1972Sold to Wihuri OY – Teijon tehtaat, Teijo, FInland for scrapping