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                                                     History

 

 

   
26/10/1967 Keel laid  
20/4/1968 Launch and named Freeport  
22/11/1968 Delivered to Miami Terminal Transport Co. and named Freeport I, Liberian flag  
12/1968 Miami - Freeport route , operated Freeport Cruise Line  
4/1973 Sold to Birka line, Finland  
5/1973 Helsinki - Stockholm route.  
   
5/1973 Named Freeport  
10/1973 Sold to Rederi AB Svea  
1974 Named Svea Star  
3/1974 Helsingborg - Tuborg - Travemünde route, operated Trave Line  
   
11/1976 Sold to Bremer Schiffahrts GmbH & Co., Germany  
22/11/1976 Named Caribe  
1977 Portland - Yarmouth rouet and cruises on Caribbean  
1981 Named Caribe Bremen, Panama flag  
13/10/1981 Named Scandinavian Sun  
1981 Rebuild on  Hamburg  
10/1981 Sold to Scandinavian World Cruises. Bahamas flag  
2/1982 Miami - Freeport casino cruises  
20/8/1984 Fire onboard on Port of Miami. 2 of crew dead and 31 injures  
1985 Charter to SeaEscape  
1988 Sold to SeaEscape  
   
17/1/1992 Named Balanga Queen  
1992 Charter to Corona Line. Karlskrona - Gdynia route.  
5/1994 - 12/1994 Charter to Tallink. Tallinn - Travemünde route. Estonia flag  
12/8/1994 Sold to Discovery Sun Partnership  
1/3/1995 Named Discovery Sun, Panama flag  
1995 Casino cruises Port Everglades, Ft. Lauderdale - Freeport, Bahamas route  
2000 Bahamas flag  
   
   
6/9/2011 Bahamas day cruise operator Discovery Cruise Line is ceasing service for good in September citing  
high operating costs and an inability to raise rates in the ailing economy.  
9/2011 Sold to scrap (Alang)