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17/12/1970 Building contract  
3/5/1972 Keel laid  
28/7/1972 Launch and named Diana by Mrs. Britt-Marie Myrsten.  
11/12/1972 Delivered to Rederi AB Slite  
17/12/1972 Naantali - Mariehamn - Kapellskär route, operated Viking Line  
winter 1973-74 Turku - Mariehamn - Stockholm route  
Summer 1974 Naantali - Mariehamn - Kapellskär route  
Winter 1974-75 Turku - Mariehamn - Stockholm route  
1/6 - 31/8/1975 Naantali - Mariehamn - Kapellskär route  
1/9/1975-31/5/1976 Turku - Mariehamn - Stockholm route  
1/6/1976 Naantali - Mariehamn - Kapellskär route  
31/6/1978 Sold to OY Vasa-Umeå Oy  
4/7/1978 Run aground near Mariehamn. Passenegers were evacuated by ms. kapella.  
7/1978 Repaired on Finnboda Varv AB, Stockholm.  
1978 Back to Naantali - Mariehamn - Kapellskär route  
26/4/1979 Delivered to Vaa-Umeå OY, named to Botnia Express  
26/4/1979 Charter to Rederi AB Slite on Viking Line service  
26/4/1979 Naantali - Mariehamn - Kapellskär route  
4/1979 Company sold to Enso-Gutzeit OY and named Vaasanlaivat OY / Vasabåtarna AB  
5/6 - 15/6/1979 Turku - Mariehamn - Stockholm route.  
20/6/1979 Vaasa - Umeå / Sundsvall / Örnsköldsvik routes on Vaasanlaivat / Vasabåtarna service  
1/10/1979 - 2/1/1980 Vaasa - Sundsvall route  
3/1-1/3/1980 Build new Grill restaurant stern on deck 6 Rauma-Repola, Uusikaupunki, Suomi.  
1/3-25/4/1980 Vaasa - Umeå route  
25/4/1980  - 31/1/1981 Vaasa - Sundsvall route  
   
1/3-13/4/1981 Vaasa - Umeå route  
14/4/1981 - 31/10/1981 Vaasa - Sundsvall route  
1/11/1981 - 28/2/1982 Vaasa - Umeå route  
   
1/4/1982-1/10/1982 Vaasa - Umeå route  
1983 Vaasanlaivat sold to rederi AB Sally,continue same name  
1/10/1982 - 9/1/1983 Vaasa - Sundsvall route  
7/3-22/4/1983 Vaasa - Umeå route  
29/4/1983 - 14/8/1983 Vaasa - Sundsvall route  
15/8/1983 -13/4/1984 Vaasa - Umeå route  
13/4/1984 - 1/1985 Vaasa - Sundsvall route  
??? (1984-1988) Build larger Tax Free Market and new Parfyme shop on deck 5.  
1/1985 > Vaasa - Umeå / Sundsvall routes.  
1986 - 1987 summer Vaasa - Umeå / Örnsköldsvik routes.  
27/2/1987 New owner Partrederi Botnia Express, Vaasa  
2/1987 Vaasanlaivat sold to Effjohn OY  
1/9/1987 -19/2/1988 Vaasa - Umeå route  
20/2 - 4/4/1988 Laid up  
4/1988 Vaasa - Umeå / Örnsköldsvik routes.  
1/11/1988 Vaasa - Umeå route  
1/1989 Charter to Sally Line UK Ramsgate - Dunkerque route.  
3/1989 Back to Vaasa after end of charter.  
27/4/1989 Vaasa - Örnsköldsvik route  
22/6/1989 Vaasa - Umeå route  
17/8-29/10/1989 Vaasa - Örnsköldsvik route  
16/2 - 4/3/1990 Vaasa - Umeå route  
1990 Chartered to Jakob lines , artist name Polar Princess  
6/3-19/3/1990 Polar Princess charter to Baltic Express Line for Helsinki - Tallinn route, but service never started.  
20/3/1990 Back on Vaasa  
10-19/5/1990 Pietarsaari - umeå route  
21/5 - 9/12/1990 Pietarsaari/ Kokkola - Skellefteå and Pietarsaari - Umeå routes  
   
15/2-3/31991 Vaasa - Umeå route for Vaasanlaivat service  
   
31/5-25/8/1991 Vaasa - Umeå route  
26/8-14/12/1991 Pietarsaari/ Kokkola - Skellefteå and Pietarsaari - Umeå routes operated Jakob Lines  
27/12/1991 New owner Effdo 3 Oy, Vaasa, finland  
28/2/1992 Sold and later delivered to Eckerö Line, named to Alandia  
4/1992 Eckerö Linjen service Eckerö - Grisslehamn route.  
4 - 6/1992 Charter to Corona Line on Karlskrona - Gdynia route.  
12/6/1992 Eckerö Linjen service Eckerö - Grisslehamn route.  
Laid up winters.  
25/8/1994 Helsinki - Tallinn route, operated Eestin Linjat  
5/5/1995 Eckerö Linjen service Eckerö - Grisslehamn route.  
24/8/1995 Helsinki - Tallinn route, operated Eestin Linjat  
23/12/1995 Eckerö Linjen service Eckerö - Grisslehamn route.  
12-16/2/1996 Helsinki - Tallinn route, operated Eestin Linjat  
17/2/1996 Laid up  
4/4/1996 Helsinki - Tallinn route, operated Eestin Linjat  
3/6/1996 Eckerö Linjen service Eckerö - Grisslehamn route.  
14/11/1996 Helsinki - Tallinn route, operated Eestin Linjat  
1/1/1997 Eckerö Linjen service Eckerö - Grisslehamn route.  
20/8/1997 Helsinki - Tallinn route, operated Eestin Linjat  
9/2/1998 End of charter to Eestin Linjat, later Eckerö Line.  
31/2/1998 Eckerö - Grisslehamn route  
3-4/2001 Build sponsons on Alandia Yard, Mariehman  
2001 Eckerö - Grisslehamn route  
1-5/5/2003 Helsinki - Tallinn route.  
5/2003 Eckerö - Grisslehamn route  
1-4/2004 Rebuild on Baltic Repairing Yard, Tallinn, Estonia  
4/2004 Eckerö - Grisslehamn route  
5-15/10/2004 Helsinki - Tallinn route.  
11/2004 Charter to RG Line  replacing Casino Express  
30/11-8/12/2004 Drydocking on GV Varv AB, Stockholm  
9/12/2004 Ground near Holmsund, Umeå , when ship was first time depart from Umeå.  
12/2004 Arrived to Mariehamn Algots Varv for reparation.  
26/2-9/3/2005 Vaasa -  Umeå route operated RG Line  
22/4/2005 Eckerö Linjen service Eckerö - Grisslehamn route.  
23/5/2005 Ground on near Eckerö  
4-13/10/2005 Helsinki - Tallinn route.  
14/10/2005 Laid up on Mariehamn for sale.  
8/4/2006 Sold to  Bayway Shipping Co.  
5-16/5/2006 Drydocking on GV Varv AB, Stockholm. New name Jamaa II, Honduras flag.  
5/2006 Rebuild on Agios Konstantinos shipyard, Greece  
9/2006 Operate from Jeddah to various ports along the Red Sea  
   
Summer 2010 Safaga - Duba route.