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                                                     History

 

 

Building contract  
12/1971 Keel laid  
25/5/1972 Launch  
5/6/1973 Delivered to Kloster Cruise, Norwegian flag.  
1973 Operated Royal Viking Line  
   
1982 Lengthened 28 meters on A.G. Weser shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany.  
   
   
1991 Operated Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL). Named Sunward  
   
1992 Sold to Birka Line, Mariehamn, Finland. Named to Birka Queen.  
1992 Stockholm - St. Petersburg cruises  
1992 Charter to Norwegian Cruise Line named again to Sunward  
   
1993 Charter to Princess Cruises and named Golden Princess.  
   
1997 Sold to Star Cruises and renamed to SuperStar Capricorn  
   
1998 Charter to Hyundai Merchant Marine and renamed to Hyundai Keumgang.  
   
2001 Back to Star Cruises service and have back to name SuperStar Capricorn.  
   
   
2004 Sold to Iberojet. New name this time Grand Latino  
   
2005 Sold to Fred Olsen Cruise Lines. New name Boudicca.  
   
2/2006 Refurbished and new main engines installed on Blohm + Voss shipyard, Hamburg