History
LOI | |
Building contract | |
Building started | |
Keel laid | |
10/2/1961 | Launch |
Sea trial | |
10/10/1961 | Second sea trial |
19/10/1961 | Delivered to Empresa Insulana de Navegacao, Lissabon, Portugal. |
19/10/1961 | Voyage from Helsingör to Lissabon. |
4/11/1961 | Lissabon – Madeira – Azores service and cruises |
Used many times as Presidential Yacht. | |
11/1972 | Rebuild by Nederlandse Dok, Amsterdam, Holland. Steam turbines |
4/1973 | Back to service. |
2/1974 | New owner Cia Portuguesa de Transportes Maritimos (CPTM) , Lissabon, Portugal |
Charters to Fritidsresor and Epirotiki Lines | |
1985 | Sold to Great Warwick Inc, Panama (Potamianos and Fritidsresor ) |
Later registered owner Arcalia Shipping Co., Panama. | |
1989/1990 | Refurbished |
1997 | Rebuild |
2003 | Operated Classic International cruises, Portugal. |
9/2010 | Laid up for sale. |
2/2013 | Sold to Pearl Cruises Transportes (Portuscale Cruises), Lissabon, Portugal |
Refurbished. | |
2/9/2013 | Charter to Latitude Travel. |
2/1/2015 | Laid up for sale at Lissabon after Portuscale cruises went bankrupt. |
10/2019 | Sold to SLG Cruise Ltd, UK |
Laid up Lissabon | |