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                                    History

LOI
14/7/1962Building contract
Building started
Keel laid
29/10/1963Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
22/4/1964Delivered to Suomen Höyrylaiva Osakeyhtiö (SHO/FÅA) ,
Helsinki, Finland
22/4/1964Special cruise around Baltic sea.
15/6/1964Helsinki – Stockholm and Turku – Stockholm routes.
28/11/1968Collision with m/s Botnia near Långnäs, Åland , 6 persons lost.
10/1/1972Turku – Stockholm route
14/1/1973Lengthened by Howaltswerke Werft, Hamburg, W.Germany. 2 new main engines insalled.
18/5/1973Helsingfors – Travemünde route.
1/9/1973Cruises operated by Silja Line.
11/11/1973Helsinki – Stockholm route.
16/1/1974Turku – Stockholm route
6/2/1974Helsinki – Copenhagen – Travemünde route
4/1974Drydocking at Wärtsilä, Vuosaari, Helsinki
2/9/1974Helsinki – Visby – Tallinn – Helsinki cruise
11/9/1974Refurbished and later laid up at Valmet, Helsinki.
18/4/1975Cruises from Helsinki
25/5/1975Charter to Finnlines, Helsinki – Travemünde route.
7/1975Cruises from Finland and Norway.
3/1977Cruises around Europe
19/3/1978Cruises in Mediterranean
8/11/1978Rebuild to cruise ship by Hietalahti Shipyard, Helsinki.
30/1/1979Cruises in Mediterranean and West African coast.
6-8/1980Helsinki – Stockholm route, operated Silja Line
27/10/1980Sold to D/S Vesteralens A/S Stormarknes, Norway.
27/11/1982Laid up at Toulon
3/1984Sold to Palm Beach Cruises S.A, Panama.
New name Viking Princess.
4/1984Cruises in Caribbean , operated Crown Cruise Lines.
10/1985Laid up after company went bankrupt
11/1997Sold to Deerbroke Invest Inc, Panama.
New name Palm Beach Princess. Casino cruises
1999Sold to MJQ Cruises, Panama. Continue in same service.
7/2006New owner Cruise Holding LLC, Miami, USA
8/2008New owner Platinum Real Estates LLC, Panama
2009Main engine problems.
7/4/2010Voyage from Palm Beach to Haiti as accommodation ship.
27/7/2011Sold to Imperial Ships LLC, La Paz, Bolivia
11/2011Sold to scrap
19/11/2011Arrived to Blade Iron Group, Santa Domingo for scrapping.