Birka Paradise
Built 2004, Birka Cruises, Sweden, 176 photographs (24hr cruise Stockholm – Aland Islands). Her current owners Birka Cruises have ceased trading and she has been sold to Gotlandsbolaget for short trips in the Baltic starting 2024
Berlin
Built 1980. Reederei Deilmann (until recently she sailed for German FTI Cruises, but after FTI ceased trading she has been sold in 2020 to Dreamliner cruises and will be converted to a luxury yacht). 15 photographs (1990 ship visit in Amsterdam)
Amera
Built 1988, Phoenix Reisen, Germany, 252 photographs, taken during ship visit in Bremerhaven in 2019
Ambition
Built 1999, Ambassador Cruise Line, UK, 229 photographs (taken during the day of her renaming ceremony on May 11, 2023 in Newcastle, before leaving on her first cruise for her new owners). After her short stint as accommodation ship for refugees from the Ukraine for the Scottish government and a refit in Germany she was
Grand Princess (1998 – present), Princess Cruises
Once the largest and most expensive cruise ship ever built Grand Princess was ordered February 8, 1994 as part of a $2.5 billion expansion program. She was also the namesake of Princess Cruises’ Grand Class Cruising concept, redefining this cruise concept since it debuted in the mid 1990’s. This philosophy provides passengers with unparalleled choices following
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St. Sunniva (1887 – 1930), North Company, Scotland
The world’s first purpose-built cruise ship The earliest recorded cruise was an around the world voyage by sailing ship in 1845 that was promoted by the Hamburg shipowner Rob M Sloman. Thomas Cooke later organized so called excursions, cruises to the Mediterranean where passengers often stayed in hotels during their stay in port. See the
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Global Mercy (2022) – Mercy Ships
Hospital ships are normally out of scope of this website, but the Mercy Ships organization and its ships crewed by volunteers deserve to be in the spotlights as they bring humanitarian aid around the world to those who badly need it. From February 26 to March 15, their newest ship, the Global Mercy, just delivered and
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Retired from 2001 to 2010
2001 Ship/ Ex-name(s)/ Year built/ Reason retired Amerikanis, ex-Kenya Castle, 1952, Broken up Classica, ex-Provence, Enrico C(osta), Symphony, Aegean Spirit, 1951, Broken up Millennium Queen, ex-Princesa Leopoldina, 1962, Broken up Pearl of Scandinavia, ex-Athena, LangkapuriStar, Aquarius, 1989, Car ferry Sea, ex-Gripshholm, Navarino, Sao Paolo, Samantha, Regent Sea, 1957, Sunk Star of Venice, ex-Leda, Nalja, Albatros,
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