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LOI
Building contract
Building started
Keel laid
11/5/1960Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
19/11/1961Delivered to
19/1/1962Maiden voyage cruise to Canary Islands
3/2/1962Le Havre – New York service
9/1/1974World cruise
9/10/1974Laid up at Le Havre
25/6/1979Sold to Klosters Rederi S/A, Oslo, Norway. New name Norway.
18/8/1979Arrived to Hapag-Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven. Where she rebuild to cruise ship.
14/4/1980Delivered after rebuilding to Klosters Rederi
6/1980Cruises in Caribbean
1990Owner Kloster Cruise, Nassau, Bahamas.
3/9-2/10/1990Rebuild in Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven. 135 new suites added top of ship.
1997Owner Norwegian Cruise Line, Nassau, Bahamas
25/5/2003Norway was severely damaged by a boiler explosion at 6.30 in Miami. Seven lives were lost as well as seventeen injured all of them crew members.
27/6-24/7/2003Towed from Miami to Bremerhaven. Laid up after inspection on shipyard.
17/3/2004Set for sale
23/5-10/8/2005Towed from Germany to Port Kelang, Malaysia.
12/2005Sold to scrap
13/2/2006New name Blue Lady
5/2006Sold to Haryana Ship Breakers Pvt, Ltd, Alang, India
6/5/2006Towed from Port Kelang to Alang, India
15/8/2006Beached in Alang
2007Scrapped