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LOI
Building contract
Building started
Keel laid
14/5/1966Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
10/1966Delivered to Fred Olsen & Co, Oslo, Norway
10/1966Cruises from London-Rotterdam to Canary Islands
15/5/1967DBDS (Bergenske) service Kristiansand – Harwich and Kristiansand – Amsterdam.
10/1967Cruises from London-Rotterdam to Canary Islands
5/1968DBDS (Bergenske) service Kristiansand – Harwich and Kristiansand – Amsterdam.
10/1968Cruises from London-Rotterdam to Canary Islands
5/1969DBDS (Bergenske) service Kristiansand – Harwich and Kristiansand – Amsterdam.
10/1969Cruises from London-Rotterdam to Canary Islands
5/1970DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.
10/1970Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.
5/1971DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.
10/1971Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.
5/1972DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.
10/1972Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.
5/1973DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.
22/5/1973Engine problems
10/1973Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.
5/1974DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.
10/1974Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.
5/1975DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.
10/1975Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.
5/1976DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.
10/1976Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.
5/1977DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.
10/1977Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.
5/1978DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.
10/1978Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.
5/1979DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.
10/1979Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.
5/1980DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.
10/1980Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.
5/1981DBDS (Bergenske) service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle.
New name Venus.
10/1981Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
New name Black Prince.
5/1982DFDS service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle. and Esbjerg – Newcastle route.
10/1982Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
5/1983DFDS service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle. and Esbjerg – Newcastle route.
10/1983Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
5/1984DFDS service Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle. and Esbjerg – Newcastle route.
10/1984Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
5/1985Short charters
22/5/1985Bergen – Newcastle route operated Norway Line.
10/1985Cruises from Rotterdam to Canary Islands.
5/1986Bergen – Newcastle route operated Norway Line.
1/86-2/1987Rebuild to cruise ship by Oy Wärtsilä AB, Turku , Finland
12/2/1987New owner Vinta Maritime Co. Inc, (Fred Olsen & Co), Manila, Filippines.
28/2/1987Cruises from Southampton to Mediterranean and North Africa.
27/5/1989Flagged to Oslo, Norway (NIS)
6/1990Cruises between Göteborg and Copenhagen. Cruises soon cancelled after protest´s of using Philippines crew.
Laid up at Oslo.
1990Owner Fred Olsen & Co, Hvitsten, Norway.
1/2001Bahamas flag.
2006Owner Fred Olsen Cruise Lines Pte Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas
2007Owner Black Prince Cruise Ltd, Nassau, Bahamas.
9/5/2009Sold to Servicios Acuaticos de Venezuela CA (SAVECA), Venezuela
11/10/2009End of last cruise for Fred. Olsen.
10/2009Delivered to Servicios Acuaticos Venezuela.
11/2009New name Prince. Voyage to Venezuela.
12/2009New name Ola Esmeralda. Plans to cruising cancelled.
1/2010Chartered to Mexican oil company to accommodation ship.
2010Chartered to U.N. usea as accommodation ship in Haiti.
27/10/2012Arrived in Ozema River, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
13/4/2013Panama flag.
10/2013Scrapped in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.