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                       History

  
30/12/1979Building contract
18/2/1980Keel laid
25/7/1980Launch
30/3/1981Ship was named M/S Finlandia by Tellervo Koivisto
30/3/1981Delivered to Effoa (SHO). Helsinki, Finland.
1/4/1981Helsinki – Stockholm route on Silja Line service
10/1/1981 – 10/3/1982Build new bow on ship and  build more cabins and modified restaurants
1/1985Build new Conference rooms and Auditorium
31/8/1988Sold to Suomen Yritysrahoitus Oy, continue Silja Line service
11/5/1990Sold to DFDS A/S. Refurbished on Cityvarvet, Göteborg
1/6/1990Oslo – Helsingborg – Copenhagen route
1/2000Build new bow and sponsons on Remontowa, Poland
28/6/2001Ijmuinde – Newcastle route
29/5/2007Bergen – Haugesund – Stavanger – Newcastle route.
1/9/2008UK – Norway route closed
3/9/2008Laid up on Korsør, Denmark for sale.
13/2/2009Used as Hotelship on Oskarshamn, Sweden
16/4/2009Fire on engineroom when ship was on Oskarshamn.
15/5/2009 As announced on 12 May 2009 an agreement was entered into to sell the passenger ship QUEEN OF SCANDINAVIA to foreign
  interests subject to payment of a deposit by Friday 15 May 2009.
20/5/2009Agreement on sale of ship cancelled
19/6/2009Laid up on Klaipeda
  
2/12/2009Chartered to floating hotel accommodation during the upcoming COP-15 summit in Copenhagen
22/12/2009Laid up on Fredericia , Denmark
1/2010Russian company St. Peter Line publish plan start operate St. Petersburg – Helsinki route on Queen of Scandianavia and
 rename ship Princess Maria. Route will opened  on April.
8/2/2010charter of the passenger ship QUEEN OF SCANDINAVIA for a three year period from 15 April 2010. The agreement includes
 purchase options and all conditions precedent for the agreement have been fulfilled.   The charter agreement is entered into with Inflot
 Cruise and Ferry Ltd. headquartered in i St. Petersburg, Russia.
9/4/2010Ceremony of reflagging was held on board of the m/v Princess Maria, the Danish flag has been retreated and the Maltese flag was raised.
18/4/2010From Fredericia to St.Petersburg where arrived 21th April
21/4/2010St.Petersburg – Helsinki route
30/10/2011St. Petersburg – Helsinki – Tallinn route
16/1-3/2/2012Drydocking
3/2/2012St.Petersburg – Helsinki route
1/1-28/2/2013Docking and charters
1/3/2013St.Petersburg – Helsinki route
17/1-2/2/2014Cruise St. petersburg – Sochi
2/2/2014Stay as accommodation ship on  Sochi winter olympic games
23/3/2014St.Petersburg – Helsinki route
11/11/2016End of last voyage  from Helsinki to St. Petersburg.
11/11/2016Delivered to Moby Spa. New name Moby Dada, Italian flag.
17-26/11/2016Voyage from St. Petersburg to Livorno, Italy
 6/2017Nice – Bastia route
 20/9-17/11/2017Charter to Spain Goverment
 12/2017Operated Tirrenia
 12/2017Cagliari – Civitavecchia route.
 
 20/10/2018Three hour black out at sea.
 19/12/2018Many hours delay due to dirty fuel. 
 19/11/2019 Black out and problems with main engines, 9 hours delayed
  
 1/2024 Charter to Algerie Ferries.