February 1st 1958: Launched. May 28th 1958: Delivered to Belgian Maritime Transport Authority, Oostende, Belgium. June 2nd 1958: Commenced service between Ostend - Dover.
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November 14th 1967: Collided with the Danish motor vessel ALAMEDA in thick fog. She sustained heavy damage to the bows and near the bridge. Repaired at Beliard & Crichton, Antwerp, Belgium. December 13th 1967: Returned to commercial service, Ostend - Dover.
 
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October 7th 1970: Leaving Dover she rammed and sank the two-year-old coaster SEACON (200 tons, owned by Sea & Continental Waterways Transport Ltd., London). Damage took six weeks to repair.
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November 1970: Belgian Marine joined the Sealink consortium. Trading as Sealink November 1st 1971: Belgian Marine became the Belgian Maritime Transport Authority - Regie voor Maritiem Transport (RMT). 1974: For four weeks she was used as a training vessel for the Nautical School in Antwerp. August 23rd 1974: Collided with the ramp at Dover’s Eastern Docks No 1 berth, temporarily making it unusable. 1975: Final year laid up in reserve. June 30th 1976 - September 25th 1976: Chartered to Sealink UK, Ltd. For services between Dover - Calais. September 26th 1976: Made her final sailings. October 3rd 1976: Sold to Vasilios Agapitos, Piraeus, Greece. November 6th 1976: Renamed AIGAION. Left Ostend for Piraeus. (Reg. No. 6057 and call sign SXEV)
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June 1977: Commenced service between Piraeus - Paros - Naxos - Kalymnos - Kos - Rodos with departures Monday and Wednesdays. On Saturdays, Piraeus Tinos - Mykonos - Kos - Rodos. November 1977: Commenced service between Piraeus - Syros - Tinos - Mykonos - Ikaria - Samos. April 1978: Commenced service between Piraeus - Syros - Paros - Naxos - Ikaria - Samos. January 1979 - December 1988: Operated between Piraeus - Paros - Ikaria - Samos.
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November 13th 1983: Ran aground near Paros. Engine room became flooded. December 1983 - January 1984: Repaired in Piraeus. June 1989: Operated between Piraeus - Paros - Ios - Santorini.
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October 1992: The emblem on her funnel was changed and she also commenced services between Piraeus - Paros - Ios - Santorini - Naxos.
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November 1993: Withdrawn from service and laid up in Perama, later being floated to Elefsina. 1995: Laid up in Drapetsona to be for rebuilt for day cruising, was to have been renamed KALLISTI. February 19th 1996: During rebuild caught fire and was towed from the dock area to the Island of Atalanti. Mysteriously sank en route.
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