Category Archives: Cruise ship

No.1522 R Eight launched in 2000

30,277GT for Renaissance Cruises by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire Minerva II 2003 Swan Hellenic Royal Princess 2007 Princess Cruises Adonia 2011 P&O Cruises Azamara Pursuit 2018 Azamara Cruises MINERVA II photo by GEORGE GBIDIS Photo by K Watson Adonia … Continue reading

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No.1153 Noordam launched 1983

33,933GT for Holland America Tours by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire Thomson Celebration 2004 Thomson Cruises Marella Celebration 2017 TUI Mare C 2020 Laid up at Elefsis, later Scrapped Aliaga 2022      IMO: 8027298 My images plus Bergenships and Bob … Continue reading

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No.773 Himalaya launched 1948

27,955grt for P & O Line from Vickers Armstrongs, Barrow Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Aden Images Mike Cornwall Image: Graham Stevens

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No.2011 Viking Polaris launched 28 July 2021

30,150GT for Viking Ocean Cruises from VARD shipyards/Tulcea Romania IMO: 9863209 Image attribution: Fincantieri, William Hill, Rodrigo Freitas, Sergio Ferreira & Borja Gomez on Marine Traffic

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No.1511 Olympic Explorer launched 2000

24,318GT Royal Olympic by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Olympia Explorer 2001 Royal Olympic Explorer 2004 Semester at Sea (at Kobe Port) Celestyal Odyssey 2015 Celestyal Glory Sea 2016 Diamond Cruise Blue Dream Star 2020 Image copyright: Masato Nishiguchi Brian Baglietto’s … Continue reading

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No.1011 Copenhagen launched 1972

13,758grt for A/S Nordline by Vickers, Barrow Odessa 1975 Black Sea SS Co, having been completed at Swan Hunter, Odessa I 2002 Bowline SA, Panama Scrapped Chittagong 2007 IMO 7301221 First two images via Andy Ham/George Mason Odessa at Copenhagen. … Continue reading

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No.1131 Atlantic launched 1981

19337 grt when launched. 35143 GT after the 1982 change in tonnage definition. No physical change, just different measurement criteria. Home Lines by Constructions Navales, La Seyne Starship Atlantic 1988 Premier Cruise Line Melody 1997 Mediterranean Shipping Company Qing 2013 … Continue reading

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No.2010 Viking Mars launched 15 July 2021

47,842GT for Viking Ocean Cruises by Fincantieri, Ancona IMO: 9833187 Image attribution: Vitor Francisco, David Gilbert & Wayne A’Court

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No.1634 Jewel of the Seas launched 2004

90,090GT Royal Caribbean Cruise Line by Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg Image attribution: Peter Ferrary, Steve Carrett & Ian Macleod

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No.1245 Crown Princess launched 1989

69,845GT for P & O Cruises from Fincantieri, Monfalcone A’Rosa Blu 2002 Seetours AIDAblu 2004 AIDA Cruises Ocean Village Two 2007 Ocean Village Pacific Jewel 2009 P&O Cruises Karnika 2019 Jalesh Cruises Arrived Alang 28 Nov 2020 Pics; Mine, Tom … Continue reading

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