| 1st May 1978 |
Departed Shipyard in Aalborg for London UK |
| 4th May 1978 |
Official Naming Ceremony in London. Top of funnel could not be fitted due to height clearence under London's bridges. |
| 13th May 1978 |
Entered Service between Esbjerg and Harwich |
| 29th December 1982 |
Sold to K/S Difko XXI, Esbjerg. Bareboat chartered back to DFDS for 10 years, with a option to purchase after 5 years. Service remained the same. |
| January 1987 |
Timecharted to Sealink and Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland (SMZ) for service between Harwich and Hoek van Holland. Relieving both mv St. Nicholas (Sealink) and mv Koningin Beatrix (SMZ) for refits. |
| 23rd November 1988 to 11th February 1989 |
Operated the Copenhagen to Oslo service in place of mv Dana Gloria. mv Dana Gloria being sent to Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany to be lengthend and rebuilt. mv Dana Gloria re-enters service as mv King of Scandinavia. |
| 29th December 1989 |
Sold to DFDS A/S, Esbjerg. Price 213mDKK |
| 18th January 1993 to 1st February 1993 |
Refurbished by Werft Nobiskrug GmbH. Price 10mDKK |
| 17th December 1998 |
Register transferred to DIS. Due to DIS regulations the ship had to call at any third port during normal service |
| 3rd January 1999 to 21st August 2000 |
Route amended to Esbjerg -> Harwich -> Ijmuiden -> Esbjerg. A total of 205 calls at Ijmuiden were made |
| 5th January to 18th February 2000 |
Sponsons, Ducktail fitted and modifications to Bulbous Bow were made during refit |
| 31st July 2000 |
Sold to DFDS Seaways A/S, Esbjerg |
| 12th September 2002 |
Renamed mv Duke of Scandinavia and registered in Copenhagen. Name not yet applied to ship. |
| 27th September 2002 |
Final Departure to Esbjerg from Harwich |
| 30th September 2002 |
Change of Name takes place and final departure from Esbjerg, this time destination is Copenhagen |
| 2nd October 2002 |
Naming ceremony in Copenhagen and entry into service. Copenhagen -> Trelleborg -> Gdansk |
| 22nd November 2003 |
Final departure from Gdansk. Arriving in Copenhagen next day. Route closed. Ship transfered to Newcastle |
| 28th November 2003 |
First sailing Newcastle to Ijmuiden |
| 21st November 2005 |
Bareboat charter agreed with Brittany Ferries for two years with optional one year |
| 9th February 2006 |
Final departure from Ijmuiden. Following arrival in Newcastle on the 10th the ship destored and proceeded to Frederikshavn for overhaul and repainting of the hull. |
| 23rd February 2006 |
Departed Frederikshavn for Cherbourg, France. Arriving on the 25th February |
| 27th February 2006 |
Handed over to Brittany Ferries. Renamed mv Pont l'Abbe and registered in Morlaix. |
