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. |