Rederi AB Göteborg - Frederikshavnlinjen
or
Sessan Linjen,
Gothenburg, Sweden.

Founded 1935 for passenger traffic between Goteborg - Frederikshavn.
Company purchased by Stena Line 1982.
PRINSESSAN DESIREE
| Off.no/ IMO: 10570 / 6500296 | Build: 1965 | Shipyard: Aalborg Skibsværft A/S, Aalborg, Denmark. # 152 |
| Dwt: 632 | Grt: 4.217 | Nrt: 1.562 |
| Passenger / Cars: 1040 / 126 | Knots: 17 | Dim: 91,27 x 15,88 x 6,00 m. Draft: 4,198 |
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| 19/3 1965: Delivered
to Rederi AB Goteborg - Frederikshavn Linjen, Goteborg (Sessan
Linjen), Sweden as PRINSESSAN DESIREE for traffic
Goteborg-Frederikshavn. 16/7 1970: Sold to Oy Vaasa-Umeå AB, Vasa, Finland for delivery 1971. 16/2 1971: Taken over by the new owners and renamed FENNO EXPRESS. 26/2 1971 - 4/6 1971: On T/C to Rederi AB Göteborg - Frederikshavn Linjen, Goteborg, Sweden. 17/6 1971: In traffic Vasa - Umeå. Later in traffic Vasa - Sundsvall, Sundsvall - Björneborg. 1973: In traffic Vasa - Umeå/Örnsköldsvik/Sundsvall. 1979: Company sold to Enso-Gutzeit Oy, Imatra, Finland. June 1979: In traffic Vasa - Umeå. 1/6 1980: Company name changed to Oy Vaasanlaivat-Vasabåtarna AB, Vasa, Finland. 7/7 1982: Company sold to Rederi AB Sally, Mariehamn, Finland. Dec. 1985: Sold to Jakob Line, Jakobstad, Finland. In traffic Jakobstad - Skellefteå. 15/10 1989: Sold to Vietnamn Ocean Shipping, Haiphong, Vietnamn. Renamed HANH PHUC. In traffic Haiphong - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). 1991: Sold to Petra Navigation & Internationell Trading Co, Panama. Renamed JIMY. In traffic Aqaba - Nuweiba. 1996: Rebuild in Perama. Feb. 1996: Sold to Rainbow Lines, Piraeus, Greece. Renamed ARTEMIS I. (Panama-flagg) In traffic Otranto - Durres. 6/7 1996: In traffic Otranto - Igoumenitsa - Cesme. 14/7 1996: Aground near Corfu. Heavy damaged in stern. 21/7 1996: Arrived Piraeus for repair and laid up. July 1997: In traffic Brindisi - Durres - Igoumenitsa for a short period and then laid up at Igoumenitsa. 1999: Registered for Mobella Seacarriers Ltd., Panama. 2000: In traffic Bari - Valona. March 2001: Sold to Gabrielle Enterprises S.A, La Paz, Bolivia. Renamed GABRIELLE. in traffic Brindisi - Valona Febr. 2004: Sold to Indian breakers. |