{"id":14172,"date":"2018-12-14T06:54:05","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T04:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=14172"},"modified":"2018-12-14T07:09:33","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T05:09:33","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=14172","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=14161\">Back to\u00a0Ship<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 History<\/h3>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"140\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td>LOI<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"140\" height=\"17\">1949<\/td>\n<td>Building contract, originaly combined cargoship<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Building started as ocean lineer<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">19\/12\/1950<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Keel laid<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">5\/4\/1951<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Launch<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Sea trial<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Second sea trial<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">15\/7\/1952<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Delivered to\u00a0Holland America Lijn, Rotterdam, Netherlands<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">11\/8\/1952<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Rotterdam &#8211; Le Havre &#8211; Southampton &#8211; New York route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">10\/12\/1952<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Collision with\u00a0 tanker Ellen. Tanker and 6 of her crew lost.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">3\/10\/1954<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Collision with freighter Tofevo in Rhode Island.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1955<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Stabilizers fitted<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">2\/1963<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Bremerhaven &#8211; Rotterdam &#8211; Le Havre &#8211; Southampton -Gobh &#8211; New York route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">15\/2\/1963<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Collision with freighter Harborough. Maasdam take leak and passengers evacuated.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">16\/4\/1963<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Back in service after repairs<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">20\/10\/1965<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Rotterdam-Southampton-Port Said-Colombo-Fremantle -Melbourne- Sydney -Wellington-Papeete-Los Angeles-Acapulco-Balboa-Cristobal-Kingston-New York-Cobh-Southampton\u00a0-Rotterdam voyage.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">3\/12\/1965<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Rebuild in Norddeutschen Lloyd Werft in\u00a0Bremerhaven to make her better suitabled for longer voyages. Summer time Atlantic ocean liner service.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">7\/1-3\/4\/1968<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Final world voyage.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">15\/5\/1968<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Sold to Polish Ocean Lines, Gdynia, Poland<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">\u00a029\/9\/1968<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Last arrival to Rotterdam<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">10\/1968<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Delivered to new owner. New name Stefan Batory. Poland flag.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1968\/69<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Rebuild in Gdansk.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">11\/4\/1969<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Maiden voyage Gdynia &#8211; Copenhagen &#8211; Tilbury-Quebec City &#8211; Montreal\u00a0 -Southampton &#8211; Copenhagen &#8211; Gdynia\u00a0 \u00a0route.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">15\/2\/69-3\/70<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Rebuild in gdansk.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Winter seasons cruises<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">7\/10\/1987<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">End of Transatlantic service. Some cruises.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Laid up at Gdynia<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">5\/1988<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Sold to Hellenic Polish Shippig &amp; Trading Enterprises, Panama<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1989<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Sold to\u00a0City Shipping International (Stena Line), Nassau, Bahamas<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1990<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Used as accommodation ship in G\u00f6teborg.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">17\/12\/1991<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Laid up at Piraeus.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1992<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">\u00a0Sold to\u00a0Tony Travel &amp; Agency, Nassau, Bahamas.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Plans to rebuild ship and set back to service.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">7\/1992<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Laid up at Chalkis<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">24\/3\/2000<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Arrived to Aliaga, Turkey for scraping.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to\u00a0Ship &nbsp; 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