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Retired from 2021 to 2025

2021

Albatros, Ex- Royal Viking Sea, Royal Odyssey, Norwegian Star, Crown, 1973, broken up

Amusement World, Ex- Patricia, Stena Oceanica, Crown Princess Victoria, Pacific Star, Sun Fiesta, Lion Queen, Putri Bintang, 1967, broken up

Black Watch, Ex- Royal Viking Star, Westward, Star Odyssey, 1972, accommodation ship

Boudicca, Royal Viking Sky, Sunward, Birka Queen, Sunward, Golden Princess, SuperStar Capricorn, Hyundai Keumgang, SuperStar Capricorn, Grand Latino, 1973, Broken up

Antares Experience, Ex- Costa Romantica, Costa neoRomantica, Celestyal Experience, 1993, broken up

Columbus, Ex- Fair Majesty, Star Princess, Arcadia, Ocean Village, Pacific Pearl, 1988, broken up

Dream, Ex- Tropicale, Costa Tropicale, Pacific Star, Ocean Dream, 1981, broken up

Enchanted Capri, Ex- Azerbaydzhan, Arkadia, Island Holiday, 1975, broken up (grounded Mexico, 2020)

Leisure World, Ex- Skyward, Shangri-la World, Aisean World, Fantasy World, 1969, broken up

Magellan, Ex- Holiday, Grand Holidy, 1985, broken up

Marco Polo, Alexandr Pushkin, 1965, broken up

Starry Metropolis, Ex- Kareliya, Olvia, Neptune, CT Neptune, Neptune, 1976, broken up


2022

Black Watch, Ex- Royal Viking Star, Westward, Star Odyssey, 1972, broken up

Carnival Sensation, Sensation, 1993, broken up

Y Century, Ex- Fascination, Carnival Fascination, Century Harmony, 1994, broken up

Delphin, Ex-  Belorussiya, Kazakhstan, 1975, broken up

Fuji, Fuji Maru, 1987, broken up

Golden Iris, Ex- Cunard Conquest, Cundard Princess, Rhapsody, Golden Iris, Gold Club, 17, broken up

Global Dream 2, ship 50% built for defunct owner Genting, Hong Kong. Genting also owned the yard,MV Werften in WIsmar, Germany which also declared bankruptcy recently

Horizon, Horizon, Island Star, Pacific Dream, Horizon, L’Horizon, 1990, broken up

Marella Dream, Ex- Homeric, Westerdam, Costa Europa, Thomson Dream, 1986, broken up

Marella Celebration, Ex- Noordam, Thomson Celebration, 1984, broken up

Oriental Dragon, Ex- Sun Viking, Superstar Sagittarius, Hyunday Pongnae, Pongnae, Omar III, Long Jie, 1971, Broken up

Pearl II, Astor, Arkona, Astoria, Saga Pearl II, Quest for Adventure, Saga Pearl II, 1981, broken up

Titan, Gruziya, Odessa Sky, Club 1, Van Gogh, Salamis Filoxenia, Phoenix Titan, 1975, broken up

Star Pisces, Kalypso, 1993, broken up

SuperStar Aquarius, Ex- Windward, Norwegian Wind, 1993, broken up

Superstar Gemini, Ex- Dreamward, Norwegian Dream, 1992, broken up

Superstar Libra, Ex- Seaward, Norwegian Sea, 1988, broken up

TSM SIngapore, Ex- Zenith, The Zenith, 1992, broken up


Cuise ship recycling came to a total halt in 2023. With some vessels continuing in lay-up, not one of them was sent to the scrapyards. Very remarkable indeed, as 2022 had been a record year with 18 cruise ships having been sent to the breakers, mainly in Turkey and India.


Ocean Diamond, Ex- Begonia, Explorer Starship, Song of Flower, Le Diamant, Ocean Diamond, Ocean XI, 1974, broken up


Aurora, ex- Wappen von Hamburg, Delos, Polar Star, Pacific Star, Xanadu, Expex, Faithful, 1955, she partly sank at her berth in Stockton, California, USA while undergoing restoration in 2024, found beyond repair, broken up 2025

United States, 1951, left Philadelphia under tow after a lay-up there of almost three decades, she wiil be partly dismantled in Mobile, Alabama to be sunk in 2026 becoming an artificial reef

 Bella Fortuna, Ex- Song of America, Sunbird, Thomson Destiny, Louis Olympia, Celestyal Olympia, 1982, broken up

Astoria, Ex-Stockholm, Volkerfreundschaft, Volker, Fridtjof Nansen, Italia 1, Italia Prima, Valtur Prima, Caribe, Athena, Azores, 1948, auctioned off and broken up.

Ocean Atlantic, ex-Konstantin Chernenko, Russ, SC Atlantic, 1986, broken up

Sun Bright, ex- Viking Saga, Sally Albatross, Leeward, Superstar Taurus, Silja Opera, Louis Crystal, Celestyal Crystal, 1980, broken up

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