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GOLDEN PRINCESS (1973)
Service dates: 1993-1996
Official number: 710767
Shipping lines: PRINCESS CRUISES INC.
Ship type:
Passenger Ship.
Career
- 25.05.1972
- Launched.
- 05.06.1973
- Delivered as Royal Viking Sky for Det Nordenfjeldske D/S, Trondheim (Royal Viking Line, managers).
- 10.09.1982
- Arrived at Bremerhaven to be lengthened by fitting of 27.78m (91 ft) prefabricated midships section by AG 'Weser' Seebeckwerft.
- 27.11.1982
- Delivered back to owners. Tonnage now 28,078 grt, 5,660 dwt. Length overall 205.5m (674 ft). Capacity now 812 passengers.
- 05.1984
- Agreement in principle for sale to US investor group did not proceed.
- 08.1984
- Sold to Norwegian Caribbean Lines A/S, Oslo, but continued in Royal Viking Line operation.
- 1987
- Ownership transferred to Kloster Cruise Ltd, Nassau.
- 1991
- Renamed Sunward.
- 1992
- Sold to Birka Cruises, Nassau, Bahamas, and renamed Birka Queen. She later reverted to Sunward.
- 25.05.1993
- Delivered on time charter to Princess Cruises Liberia Inc, replacing the 1957-built Dawn Princess withdrawn for sale.
- 29.03.1994
- New certificate following re-measurement. Tonnage now 24,799 gt, 12,228 nt.
- 21.12.1996
- Completed last voyage for Princess Cruises and the charter ended.
- 1997
- Sold to Star Cruises and renamed SuperStar Capricorn.
- 1998
- Chartered to Hyundai Merchant Marine and renamed Hyundai Keumgang for cruises from South Korea to North Korea.
- 2001
- Returned to Star Cruises and reverted to SuperStar Capricorn.
- 2004
- Sold to Viajes Iberojet and renamed Grand Latino for Mediterranean cruising out of Spain.
- 2005
- Sold to Fred Olsen Cruise Lines and renamed Boudicca. Still reported in service.