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1/6/1972 Building contract
Keel laid
17/3/1973 Launch
16/6/1973 Delivered to Rederi AB Sally, Mariehamn
20/6/1973 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route, operated Viking Line
22/6/1973 Collision the pier to Stockholm without to restore big damages
autumn 1978 Helsinki – Stockholm route  for two months
winter 1978/1979 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route
1/6/1979 Naantali – Mariehamn – Kapellskär route
4/1980 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route
4/1980 Sold to William & Glynn Industrial Leasing Ltd, London
7/1980 Laid up on Mariehamn
18/8/1980 Delivered to William & Glynn Industrial Leasing Ltd, London. New name Earl Granville
9/1980 Installed stabilizers on Seebeck werft, Bremerhaven
9/1980 – 3/1981 Rebuild interior on Meyer Werft , Papenburg. Front sections on cabin deck moved to pullman seat lounges and also cafeteria
on restaurant deck moved to Pullmanseat lounge
3/1981 Charter to Sealink UK
29/3/1981 Portsmouth – Jersey – Guernsey route
10/6/1981 Black out
22/6/1981 Fire on engineroom
16/7/1981 Back on service
20/7/1981 Collision the pier docking to Saint Helier
9/9/1981 Cars on cardeck damaged because of a storm
27/7/1984 New owner Sealink British Ferries, London
26/1/1985 Rebuild on Aalborg Werft, Denmark. Cabin deck totaly rebuild new cabins and restaurant deck refurbished
30/4/1985 Portsmouth – Channel islands – Cherbourg route
11/1988 Liverpool – Dun Laoghaire route
30/9/1989 Collides with the offshore pier having 14 meters rip in the hull
10/1989 Laid up
4/3/1990 Stranraer – Larne route
7/1990 Charter to Howerspped
14/8/1990 Laid up for sale.on Southampton
11/1990 Sold to Aegan Pelagos Naftiki Eteria, Greece
10/12/1990 Delivered to new owner. New name Express Olympia, Greece flag.
1991 Piraeus – Syros – Paros – Naxos – Ios – Santorini– Anafi route
1993 Sold to  Agapitos Express Ferries, greece, same route.
1996 Rebuild / refurbished on Piraeus
11/1999 Sold to Minoan Flying Dolphins, Pireus. Hellas Ferries service.
11/999 Piraeus – Paros – Naxos – Ikaria – Fourni – Samos route usualy.
23/4/2003 Express Olympia 866 passengers onboard  heading from Piraeus to Samos suffered a 16-hour delay after one of the ship’s two
engines broke down off the coast of Icaria. The Express Olympia finally limped into Vathi at 9 a.m. next day
2004 Piraeus-Syros-Mykonos-Evdilos-Karlovasi-Vathi
22/4/2004 Ground off the Evdilos. No damages to ship.
9/2004 Laid up for sale on Drapetsona
1/2005 Owner change name to Hellenic Seaways.
4/2005 Sold for scrap to India
6/2005 New name Express O , Mongolian flag
28/6/2005 Depart from Greece to India
8/2005 Arrived to Alang, India