| 8/1973 |
Building contract |
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Start of Production |
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| 5/10/1973 |
Keel laid |
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| 28/5/1974 |
Launch |
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| 5/7/1974 |
Delivered to Rederi AB Sally, Mariehman, Finland. |
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| 9/7/1974 |
Viking Line service Helsinki – Stockholm route |
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| 7/1980 |
Naantali – Mariehamn – Kapellskär route |
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| 28/9/1980 |
Last day Viking Line service. |
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Laid up on Mariehamn |
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| 5-6/1981 |
Docking on Finnboda varv, Sweden |
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| 10/6/1981 |
New name The Viking |
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| 18/6/1981 |
Sally Line UK service Ramsgate – Dunkerque route. |
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| 9/1981 |
Charter as a accommodation ship to Norway . Later laid up. |
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| 20/5/1982 |
Back on Ramsgate – Dunkerque route. |
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| 9/1982 |
Change new main engines on Rickmers Verft, Bremerhaven |
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Removed Economy ( C-class ) cabins from restaurant deck. |
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| 12/4/1983 |
New name Sally Express |
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| 28/4/1983 |
Vaasa – Sundsvall and Vaasa – Umeå routes |
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| 10/2/1984 |
Sold to Fred Olsen, Norway |
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| 15/3/1984 |
Delivered to new owner. New name Bolette. |
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| 3-5/1984 |
Refurbished on Jos L Meyer Werft , Germany, build restaurant deck stern pullman seats lounge. |
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Cabin deck make new round walking corridors replacing dead end corridors. |
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| 5-8/1984 |
Kristiansand – Hirtshals and Kristiansand – Hantsholm routes |
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| 9/1984 |
Laid up winter |
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| 4-8/1985 |
Kristiansand – Hirtshals and Kristiansand – Hantsholm routes |
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| 30/8/1985 |
Hirtshals – Stavanger/ Egersund – Bergen route. |
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| 10/1985 |
Used as hotelship on Ålborg |
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| 8/1-22/3/1986 |
Charter to GT-Line. Getser – Travemünde route. |
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| 6-10/1986 |
Kristiansand – Hirtshals and Kristiansand – Hantsholm routes, also departures from Egersund. |
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| 2-4/1987 |
Charter to Norway for a exhibition ship |
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| 5/1987 |
Kristiansand – Hirtshals and Kristiansand – Hantsholm routes, also departures from Egersund. |
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| 10/1987 |
Charter to Reykjavik for a Reagan and Gorbatsov meeting as a hotelship. |
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| 10/1987 |
Laid up on Kristiansand |
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| 5-6/1988 |
Charter to Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. |
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| 6/1988 |
Kristiansand – Hirtshals and Kristiansand – Hantsholm routes, also departures from Egersund. |
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| 31/8-29/10/1988 |
Charter to Larvik Line. Larvik – Frederikshavn route. |
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| 11/1988 |
Sold to Compagnie Maritime Maroco-Norvegiènne. New name Boughaz , Morocco flag |
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| 30/11/1988 |
Algeciras – Tanger route |
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| 10/1995 |
Build sponsons and refurbished on Lloyds- Werft, Germany |
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| 7/2000 |
Charter to European Maritime Lines (Trasmediterrranean) same route |
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| 10-11/2001 |
Refurbished on Barcelona |
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| 5/2003-9/2005 |
Charter to Lineas Maritimas Europeas. Same route. |
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| 2006 |
Back on Comarit service and same Algeciras – Tanger route. |
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| 8/2008 |
Laid up on Marseilles. |
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| ?/2008 |
Back on service. |
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| 28/1/2012 |
Laid up |
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| 3/5/2012 |
Service ended due to financy problems. Laid up on Algeciras |
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