mv Pride of Bilbao



 mv Olympia
 31st August 1985  Launched
 27th April 1986  Delivered to owners. Slite Shipping Ltd, trading as Viking Line
 29th April 1986  Entered service on the Stockholm to Helsinki service for Viking Line
 1992  Planned sale to Sea Link Shipping Ltd, Malmo to be deployed on the Euroway  Service was scrapped
 5th April 1993  Final sailing for Viking Line between Stockholm and Helsinki. The ship had been  previously charted to P&O European Ferries
 7th April 1993  Departed Stockholm for Southampton. Slite Shipping Ltd bankrupt, vessel remains  on charter to P&O Ferries
 May 1993  Renamed mv Pride of Bilbao

 mv Pride of Bilbao
 May 1993  Entered service between Portsmouth and Bilbao with departures on a Saturday and  Tuesday night. With a Friday night departure to Cherbourg
 October 1993  Sold to Irish Continental Group, Dublin. Charter remains in place
 1994  Transferred to the British Ship Registry with a home port of Portsmouth
 29th December 1996  New Year Minicruise from Portsmouth to Ijmuiden
 29th December 1996  New Year Minicruise from Portsmouth to Ijmuiden
 2004  Sailings halted between Portsmouth & Cherbourg, moved to a rolling three day  rotation between Portsmouth & Bilbao
 2008  Registry amended to Bahamas