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                                    History

15/4/1966 Building contract
Start of Production
20/3/1967 Keel laid
2/7/1969 Launch
15/7/1969 Sea trial
23/7/1969 Sea trial
23/7/1969 Delivered to Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab A/S – DFDS, København, Denamrk
1/8/1969 Copenhagen – Helsingborg – Ålborg route
18/8/1969 Copenhagen – Ålborg route
12/10/1970 Voyage from Copenhagen to Marseille.
20/10/70-21/6/1971 Rebuild to single class ship on Societe`des Anciens E`tablissement Groignard S.A., Marseilles, France
4/6/1971 New name Dana Sirena
22/6/1971 Arrived to Genova
26/6-1/11/1971 Genova – Plama / Malaga routes
10/11/1971 Laid up at Copenhagen
2/1/1972 Voyage to Genova
28/1/1972 Genova – Tunis (- Tanger) – Palma – Malaga – Patras service.
8/11/72-10/1/73 Laid up at Malaga
10/1/1973 Genova – Tunis (- Tanger) – Palma – Malaga – Patras ( – Bari) service.
8/12/73-1/3/74 Laid up at Genova.
1/3/1974 Genova  -Tunis – Palma – Malaga – Alicante – Patras service.
23/12/74-14/2/75 Laid up at Genova.
3/1975 Charter to Prinzen Line
13/3/1975 Hamburg – Harwich route.
6/1975 Laid up
7/7/1975 Charter to C.N.A.N. , Algerie. Algier – Annaba – Tunis route
19/9-5/19/1975 DFDS service Genova – Tunis – Malaga – Alicante route.
12/10/1975 Laid up at Esbjerg.
3/11/1975 Charter to Olau Line. New name Olau Dana
3/11/1975 Sherness – Vlissingen route
2/5/1976 End of charter new name Dana Sirena.
5/1976 Charter to Stord Verft og Stavanger Catering A/S. Used as accommodation ship.
12/4/1977 End of charter.
21/4/1977 New name Robin Hood
25/5-23/10/1977 Charter to TT Linien. Cruises from Travemünde to Baltic Sea.
23/12/1977 New name Dana Sirena.
15/1-23/2/1978 Charter to Stena Line. Göteborg – Kiel route.
31/3-6/5/1978 Charter to Bergen Line. Bergen – Stavanger – (Kristiansand) – Newcastle route.
9/5/1978 New name Robin Hood.
10/5-1/10/1978 Charter to TT Linien. Cruises from Travemünde to Baltic and North Sea.
4/10/1978 New name Dana Sirena.
10/10/78-15/5/79 Charter to Bergen Line. Bergen – Stavanger – Newcastle route.
18/5/1979 New name Robin Hood
30/5-30/9/1979 Charter to TT Linien. Cruises from Travemünde to Baltic Sea.
1/10-28/11/1979 Rebuild more public areas, larger cabins and platforms to car deck at Ålborg Værft A/S, Denmark
19/11/1979 New name Dana Corona.
7/12/1979 DFDS service from Genova to  Tunis / Malaga / Ibiza / Palma / Motril / Almeria.
22/11/1982 End of Mediterranean cruises . Voyage to Copenhagen.
3/12/1982 Laid up at Copenhagen.
2/6-28/8/1983 Charter to SF-Line. Viking Line service Mariehamn – Kapellskär route.
29/8/1983 Laid up at Copenhagen.
8/3-1/10/1984 Three long cruises from Denmark operated DFDS. Laid up rest of time.
1/10/1984 Laid up at Copenhagen.
6/2/1985 Sold to China Ocean Shipping Co (Cosco) , China.
11/2/1985 Drydocking at Fredericia Skibsværft A/S
6/3/1985 Delivered to new owner. New name Tian E , China flag.
1985 Owner Dalian Steam Shipping Co, Dalian, China.
1985 Dalian – Hong Kong service
1999 Sold to China Shipping Passenger Liner Co. Ltd. (CSPL) , Dalian, China.
3/2002 Due to new  ship age rules of China . Take out from service.
3/2002 Laid up
2003 Scrapped