History

	LOI
14/7/1962	Building contract
	Building started
	Keel laid
29/10/1963	Launch
	Sea trial
	Second sea trial
22/4/1964	Delivered to Suomen Höyrylaiva Osakeyhtiö (SHO/FÅA) , Helsinki, Finland
22/4/1964	Special cruise around Baltic sea.
15/6/1964	Helsinki – Stockholm and Turku – Stockholm routes.
28/11/1968	Collision with m/s Botnia near Långnäs, Åland , 6 persons lost.
10/1/1972	Turku – Stockholm route
14/1/1973	Lengthened by Howaltswerke Werft, Hamburg, W.Germany. 2 new main engines insalled.
18/5/1973	Helsingfors – Travemünde route.
1/9/1973	Cruises operated by Silja Line.
11/11/1973	Helsinki – Stockholm route.
16/1/1974	Turku – Stockholm route
6/2/1974	Helsinki – Copenhagen – Travemünde route
4/1974	Drydocking at Wärtsilä, Vuosaari, Helsinki
2/9/1974	Helsinki – Visby – Tallinn – Helsinki cruise
11/9/1974	Refurbished and later laid up at Valmet, Helsinki.
18/4/1975	Cruises from Helsinki
25/5/1975	Charter to Finnlines, Helsinki – Travemünde route.
7/1975	Cruises from Finland and Norway.
3/1977	Cruises around Europe
19/3/1978	Cruises in Mediterranean
8/11/1978	Rebuild to cruise ship by Hietalahti Shipyard, Helsinki.
30/1/1979	Cruises in Mediterranean and West African coast.
6-8/1980	Helsinki – Stockholm route, operated Silja Line
27/10/1980	Sold to D/S Vesteralens A/S Stormarknes, Norway.

27/11/1982	Laid up at Toulon
3/1984	Sold to Palm Beach Cruises S.A, Panama. New name Viking Princess.
4/1984	Cruises in Caribbean , operated Crown Cruise Lines.
10/1985	Laid up after company went bankrupt
11/1997	Sold to Deerbroke Invest Inc, Panama. New name Palm Beach Princess. Casino cruises
1999	Sold to MJQ Cruises, Panama. Continue in same service.

7/2006	New owner Cruise Holding LLC, Miami, USA
8/2008	New owner Platinum Real Estates LLC, Panama
2009	Main engine problems.

7/4/2010	Voyage from Palm Beach to Haiti as accommodation ship.
27/7/2011	Sold to Imperial Ships LLC, La Paz, Bolivia
11/2011	Sold to scrap
19/11/2011	Arrived to Blade Iron Group, Santa Domingo for scrapping.