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Seaworld/ Minghua

Former passenger liner Ancerville built 1962 for Cie de Navigation Paquet sailing on the Africa run Marseilles- Dakar. Changed hands in 1970 to Nouvelles Cie de Paquebots from Marseilles. Sold again after three years of service to People’s Republic of China and placed in cruise service mainly on charter to Australian travel operator Burns Philip

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Rygerfjord

Built in 1950 in Norway as Kvinherad for Ofotens og Vesteraalens Dampsskipselskab. Reengined in 1961 and renamed in 1965 to Brand VII. Sold to Brand Shipping and later to Aanen Nilsen Shipping and Rodne and Sons who renamed her Rygerfjord. In 1995 she ended her sailing days and is since being operated as a floating

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Rotterdam V

The ss Rotterdam V sailed almost her entire career for the Holland America Line at first as a transatlantic liner but later as a full-time cruise ship. She was sold to Premier Cruises in 1997 and renamed Rembrandt. In 2000 Premier went bankrupt and she was laid up in the Bahama’s. Since 2008 after full

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Rochdale

Former Soviet cruise ship Aywasowski, built 1977. Later sailed as Carina and Primexpress Island. Since September 2004 in use as student accommodation vessel in Amsterdam, The Netherlands where she remained until 2009. After a period of lay up she was sent to the scrappers in Aliaga, Turkey.

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Nomadic

Originally built alongside the mighty RMS Titanic in Belfast in 1911, the SS Nomadic was just like the ss Titanic designed by Thomas Andrews and built using the same design and similar luxurious finishes as the Titanic . She is exactly one quarter of the size of Titanic, and served for many years as a

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Marina

Today, the Marina is docked in the port of Rijeka where she serves as a floating hotel, bar and restaurant.  Originally, she was built in Denmark for ferry service in the Baltic in 1936 as Kronprinsessan Ingrid, who also was her godmother. Laid up during the war, she was used in 1945 to transport survivors

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Malardrottningen

The history of the Malardrottningen starts in 1924 when she was built for Mr. Billings from New York. He named her Vanadis. At the time she was the world’s largest diesel-powered yacht.He later sold her to Woolworth-millionaire Frank W. Hutton who gave the vessel as a birthday present to his daughter Barbara for her 18th

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