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LOI
Building contract
Building started
7/5/1970Keel laid
30/12/1970Launch
Sea trial
Second sea trial
25/3/1972Delivered to Black Sea Shipping Co, Odessa, Soviet Union
21/4/1972Maiden voyage from Bremerhaven to Canary Islands,
9/6/1972Bremerhaven – Montreal service.
28/5/1973 – 1980Leningrad – Bremerhaven – London – Le Havre – New York summer service
1973-1980September to May cruising
1980Full time cruise ship
21/5-6/1/1982Rebuild by Loyd Werft, Bremerhaven.
12/6/1986When she was cruising at Milford sound, Nya Zealand . Ship start to take water inside.
12/6/1986Captain send SOS signal and start to evacuation ship.
Ship ship 22:45 local time. One dead.