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                                    History

12/9/1974 Keel laid
30/1/1975 Launch
2/12/1975 Delivered to Rederi AB Bore, Finland
4/12/1975 Charter to Finnlines for winter season. Use marketing name Finnpartner
11/12/1975 Cruises on Canary Islands and West Coast of Africa
12/5/1976 Silja Line service Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route
18/5/1976 Helsinki – Stockholm route
12/11/1976 Charter to Finnlines for winter season. Use marketing name Finnpartner
Cruises on Canary Islands and West Coast of Africa
16/5/1977 Silja Line service Helsinki – Stockholm route
1/7/1980 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route
11/7/1980 Bore Line sold it’s share of Silja Line to Effoa
1/9/1980 Named to Silja Star.
10/1/1982 Helsinki – Stockholm route to replace Finlandia and Silvia Regina
1/4/1982 Turku – Mariehamn – Stockholm route
1/1/1986 Laid up on Turku, Finland
30/1/1986 Sold to Sea Containers
2-4/1986 Refurbished to cruise service on Lloyd Werft , Bremerhaven, Germany
17/4/1986 Named to Orient Express . Venice – Piraeus – Istanbul route.
13/12/1986 Charter to Club Sea, named to Club Sea, Cruises on Caribbean
4/1987 Back to Sea Containers and named to Orient Express.
Venice – Piraeus – Istanbul route. Winter seasons Canarian Islands cruises.
10/1989 Charter to Europe Cruise Line
11/1989 Named Eurosun. Cruises on Canarian Islands
12/1989 Sold to Europe Cruise Line.
5/1990 Charter to Sea Containers. Named to Orient Express . Venice – Istanbul route.
11/1990 Back to Eurosun ltd. Named Eurosun. Cruises on Canarian Islands and African coast
5/1991 Sold to Orient Line Ltd. Named Orient Sun
1991 Cruises from Singapore
30/3/1992 Sold to Effdo 3 Ltd. (Wasa Line)
4/1992 Rebuild on Kotkan Telakka OY, Finland. New conference deck. sponsons fitted. refur-
bished interior.
15/5/1992 Vaasa – sundsvall route. Wasa Line service
13/6/1992 Black out near Sundsval.
1/1/1993 Merging Wasa Line into Silja Line.
4/1/1993 Vaasa – Umeå route. Originaly planned three weeks  vaasa – Umeå route and after sale
of Wasa King operate spring season this route
1/5/1993 Vaasa – Sundsvall route
1/10/1993 Vaasa – Umeå route
22/4/1994 Vaasa – Sundsvall route
1/7/1994 Vaasa – Umeå route
8/8/1994 Vaasa – Sundsvall route
318/1994 Vaasa – Umeå route
28/4/1995 Vaasa – Sundsvall route
21/6/1995 Vaasa – Umeå route
14/8/1995 Vaasa – Sundsvall route
6/1/1996 Vaasa – Umeå route
15/1/1996 Helsinki – Tallinn route
7/5/1996 Vaasa – Umeå route
3/9/1996 Helsinki – Tallinn route
24/9/1999 Vaasa – Umeå route
31/12/2000 Last day Vaasa – Umeå route. Silja Line end operate route
1/1/2001 Laid up Vaasa
7/2001 Chartered as a hotel ship to the G8 meeting in Genoa, Italy
26/7/2001 Sold to Megastar Capricorn Ltd.  (Star Cruises)
24/8/2001 Arrived Port Klang Malaysia
8-9/2001 Refurbished on Sembawang Shipyard Pte Ltd
21/9/2001 Cruises from Singapore, operated Star Cruises
10/2001 Hongkong – Xiamen route, under Cruise Ferries brand
2002 Casino cruises from Hong Kong
24/11/2006 Wasa Queen In Rescue Operation,  Rescue five person from small boat.
9/7/2007 Casino cruises from Port Klang, Malaysia
6/10/2008 Laid up for sale
4/2009 New owner Chryses Finance Corporation, Panama
4/2009 Named Arberia. Operator Ilion Lines
2009 Will start operate Bari – Durres / Durres – Trieste routes ?
3/2011 Sold to Academy of Matitime Education and Training, Chennai , India
4/2011 New name Amet Majesty, Indian flag
2011 Used as Training ship by AMET university.
2011 Cruises from Chennai, India
Laid up for sale
17/5/2013 Arrived to Alang for scrapping.