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                       History

4/6/1973 Building contract
23/4/1974 Keel laid
15/9/1974 Launch
9/7/1975 Delivered to SHO/ FÅA, Finland
17/7/1975 Christening ceremony
17/7/1975 Helsinki – Stockholm route
31/12/1975 Problems with bow visor on storm. Return to Helsinki.
1-5/9/1978 Two short cruises  from Helsinki to Tallinn coast
22/2/1979 Contract to sell ship to DFDS A/S , delivery 1981
24/10/1979 Collisson with Bella Gulf Mercury, Belgium cargo ship near Lidingö, Stockholm archipelago.  Only ligthly damages bow of  Wellamo.
23/4/1981 Sold to DFDS A/S
28/4/1981 Depart from Helsinki to Aalborg, Denmark
4/5/1981 Arrived Aalborg shipyard. Delivered to new owner. New name Dana Gloria , Denmark flag
23/5/1981 After refurbishing  delivered to DFDS service
25/5/1981 Christening ceremony on Copenhagen
2/6/1981 Göteborg – Harwich – Esbjerg route
12/10/1983 Copenhagen – Oslo route
3/2/1984 – 22/5/1985 Charter to Johnson Line AB. Silja Line service. New name Svea Corona.
6/2/1984 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route
26-29/3/1985 Damages on propellers at Åland sea , repaired.
18/5/1985 Last day on Silja Line service
31/5/1985 Delivered back to  DFDS  and get name Dana Gloria
1/6/1985 Copenhagen – Oslo route
7/11/1988 Lenthened 22,2 meters on Jos. L. Meyer Werft , Papenburg , Germany. Build more public areas , cabins and  extra cardeck on deck 4.
10/1/1989 New name King of Scandinavia
9/2/1989 Back on Copenhagen – Oslo route
1/6/1990 Copenhagen – Helsingborg – Oslo route
29/7/1994 Sold to Color Line,  Norway. Homeport Bergen.
8/1994 Refurbished on Sandefjord. New name Color Viking
2/9/1994 Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle route
1/12/1998 Sold to Fjord Line, Norway. New name Jupiter. Continue operate same route.
4/11/2005 Sold to M/S Jupiter DA, Tromsö (TFDS ASA).
2/2006 – 2/2007 Charter to Satoil for a accommodation ship to Hammerfest.
12/2006 Sold to  Singapore based buyer. However deal cancelled.
5/2/2007 Arrived to FMA, Fredrikstad, Norway. Laid up for sale
3/4/2007 Sold to Royal Group Ltd, Singapore. Panama flag
16/4/2007 Depart from Frederikstad to China where rebuild.
10/8/2008 Jupiter Cruises service. Cruises on Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, and Cambodia.
10/2010 Cambodia flag
2011 Cruises cancelled . Laid up for sale.
14/11/2018 Broke free due to storm. and soon sunk in coast in Vietnam.