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