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                                 History

 Building contract
8/7/1985Keel laid
30/11/1985Launch
30/5/1986Delivered to TT Line Gmbh, Germany
6/1986Trelleborg – Travemünde route
  
1/9/1993Delivered to new owner State of Tasmania, Australia
9/1993New name Spirit of Tasmania
9/1993Rebuild on Lloyd Werft, Germany
11/1993Devonport – Melbourne service
  
  
9/2002Laid up on Sydney
11/12/2002Sold to Nordsjøferger K/S, Norway (Fjord Line)
12/2002New name Spir. Voyage from Australia to Denmark
1-3/2003Rebuild on Orskov Verft, Denmark
3/2003New name Fjord Norway
8/4/2003Bergen – Haugesund – Egersund – Hanstholm route
  
17/11/2005Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle route
6/9/2006Sold to DFDS, Denmark
16/10/2006Delivered to DFDS, New name Princess of Norway
10-11/2006Refurbished on Orskov Verft, Denmark
9/11/2006Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle route
  
29/5/2007Ijmuiden – Newcastle route
  
  
17/2/2011New name  Princess Seaways
18/2/2011Small fire onboard
20-25/2/2011Repaired on Fredrikshavn
8/12/2011Delays due to bad weather
  
3/1/2012Delays due to bad weather
25/8/2012Lunch cruise to Dutch wind farms from Ijmuiden
23-24/3/2013Departures cancelled due to bad weather
9/8/2013Fire onboard. no one injured. The fire was quickly extinguished.
15/3/2015Solar eclipse cruise to Faroes
  
22/3/2020  Traffic suspended due to Corona virus.
 18/1/223 Drydocking at Gdansk.