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LOI
Building contract
Building started
Keel laid
29/10/1954Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
3/1955Delivered to Port Line, London, UK
1955England – Australia- New Zealand service as a cargo ship
1972Sold to J.C. Karras, Pireus, Greece. New name Akrotiri Express.
8/1972Rebuild to cruise ship in Chalkis Shipyard Geece.
6/1974New name Daphne.
26/7/1976Cruises in Mediterranean, operated Delian Athina Cruises.
23/5/1979Charter to Costa Cruises.
1984 Sold to Costa Armatori SpA, Panama.
1990Charter to Prestige Cruises.
12/1996Charter to Schweiziska Veranstalter Leisure Cruise.
New name Switzerland.
6/2000Sold to Dreamline Cruises, Monrovia, Liberia
27/9/2001Laid up at Marseille.
2/2002Charter to Page & Moy. New name Ocean Odyssey
3/2002Sold to Oceania Cruising. New name Ocean Monarch
2/2005Used as hospital ship at Sri Lanka.
10/2005Laid up at Eleusis bay
2006Charter
30/10/2006Laid up at Eleusis bay
11/2007Sold to Classic International Cruises, Lissabon, Portugal
2008Refurbished
3/2008New owner Golden Laurel Maritime Inc. (CIC)
12/2008New name Princess Daphne.
Laid up after Classic International Cruises economical problems.
30/4/2014Sold to Argo Systems FZE, St.Kitts and Nevis.
New name Daphne.
14/6/2014Scrapped