History

27/5/1972	Building contract
	Start of Production
	Keel laid
17/3/1973	Launch
30/6/1973	Delivered to SF-Line, Mariehamn, Åland.
3/7/1973	Viking Line service Naantali – Mariehamn – Kapellskär route.
21/9/1973	Grounded near Björkön , Åland sea
10/10-3/11/1973	Repaired at Finnboda Varvet, Stockholm.
9/1981	Laid up at Mariehamn
20/1/1982	Sold to Irish Continental Group Ltd, Ireland
1/1982	Rebuild more cabins on Amsterdamsche Droogdok, Amsterdam. New name Saint Patrick II.
2/6/1982	Rosslare – Le Havre route. Irish Ferries service.
11/1982	Charter to Belfast Car Ferries, Liverpool – Dublin route.
21/11/1982	Charter to North Sea Ferries, Rotterham – Hull route.
1/4/1983	Laid up
21/4/1983	Charter to Belfast Car Ferries, Liverpool – Dublin route.
22/6/1983	Back to Irish Ferries service.
10/1983	Charter to Belfast Car Ferries, Liverpool – Dublin route.
2/1984	Charter to B&I Line. Dublin – Liverpool and Dublin – Holyhead routes
12/1984	Charter to Belfast Car Ferries, Liverpool – Dublin route.
3/1985	Charter to DFDS A/S Hamburg – Harwich route, later Cuxhaven – Harwich route.
4/1985	Back to Irish Ferries.
9/1985	Charter to DFDS A/S Hamburg – Harwich route
10/1985	Charter to Stena Line Moss – Fredrikshavn – Göteborg route.
/24/5/1986	Back to Irish Ferries.
9/1986	Charter to Belfast Car Ferries, Liverpool – Dublin route.
10/1986	Laid up at Birkenhead
31/12/1986	Irish Ferries service Rosslare – Cherbourg and Rosslare – Le Havre routes.
10/1987	Charter to Belfast Car Ferries, Liverpool – Dublin route.
3/1988	Back to Irish Ferries.
10/1988	Charter to B&I Line. Rosslare – Pembroke route.
6/4/1989	Back to Irish Ferries.
15/9/1989	Charter to Sealink UK. Portsmouth – Canal islands – Cherbourg routes.
10/1989	Calais – Dover route operated Sealink.
3/1990	Back to Irish Ferries.
9/1990	Charter to P&O Ferries Dover – Zeebrügge route.
3/1991	Back to Irish Ferries.
13/2-4/3/1992	Charter to B&I Line. Rosslare – Pembroke route.
5/3/1992	Back to Irish Ferries.
2/1/1993	Charter to Tallink (ESCO) Estonian flag . Tallinn – Helsinki route.
11/5/1993	Back to Irish Ferries. Ireland flag.
6/9/1993	Charter to Tallink (ESCO) Estonian flag . Tallinn – Helsinki route.
4/3/1994	Sally Albatross passengers evacuated to Saint Patrick II after S.A. grounded at Porkkala.
31/3/1994	Last day at Tallink service
1/4/1994	Back to Irish Ferries. Ireland flag.
11/1994	Dublin – Holyhead route.
12/1994	Rosslare – Cherbourg and Rosslare – Le Havre routes
19/3/1995	Fire on engine room. Only small dameges.

7/9/1996	Laid up at Le Havre
5/1998	Charter to Hellenic Mediterranen Lines, Valletta, Malta. New name Egnattia III
34/6/1998	Brindisi – Patras route.
5/2000	Charter to Balear Express, New name Ville de Sete. Portugal flag.
13/5/2000	Séte – Palma route
15/9/2000	Balear Express went bankrupt. Laid up
29/9/2000	Laid up at Piraeus.
15/3/2001	Charter to Swansea Cork Ferries , New name City of Cork. Swansea – Cork route.
2001	Malta flag.
12/2001	Laid up at Piraeus.
6/3/2002	Sold to Goverment of Canada, Cap-aux-Meules, Canada.
22/5/2002	New name C.T.M.A. Vacancier. Canada flag.
4/6/2002	Montreal – Cap-aux-Meules route.
autumn 2002	Laid up at Cap-aux-Meules and refurbished
2003	Rebuild
2008	Refurbished
26/1/2009	Stuck in ice St Lawrence river. Continue voyages next day.


13/11/2023	Sold to Super Shining Shipping Corp. New name Ancier. St.Kitts and Nevis flag
28/1/2024	Voyage to Alang, India and scrapping?