MS Princesa Marissa was a cruise ship owned and operated by the Cyprus-based Louis Cruise Lines. She was built in 1966 by Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Helsinki, Finland as the RORO car/passenger ferry
Finnhansa in Travemünde, 1975
MS Finnhansa in Travemünde, 1975.
MS Finnhansa in Travemünde, June 1972.
MS Princesa Marissa on Louis Cruise Lines service at Port Said on May 27, 2004
MS Sea Diamond was a cruise ship operated by Louis Hellenic Cruise Lines. She was built in 1984 by Valmet, Finland for Birka Line as Birka Princess. The ship ran aground near the Greek island of Santo
MS Princesa Marissa
…in Mariehamn, but it caused minimal damage and the ship left for Stockholm some two hours behind schedule. In 1986 Birka Line took delivery of the new M/S Birka Princess, and in April of that year the Prinsessan was put up for sale and laid up in Mariehamn. She remained there for a year, until in April 1987 she was sold…
Sea Diamond at Rhodes, Greece
MS Birka Princess in her original exterior appearance and livery.
MS Birka Princess in Stockholm, 2005, displaying the changes made to the superstructure in the 1999 refit.
Attempts to prevent the stricken cruise ship from sinking