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Laid up for sale in Lisbon, Portugal Minghua: 1962 1962–1983 Hotel and Entertainment Complex in Shenzhen, China Built as the MV Ancerville for Compagnie de Navigation Paquet. Savannah: 1962 1962–1972 Limited use museum ship in Baltimore, MD Alexander: 1966 1966–present Private charter yacht [3] Built for Lubeck Line's as the Regina Maris.
Viking Princess: 1964: 6,659 GT: 128 m (419 ft 11 in) Panama: 1964–1984: Ilmatar 1984–1991: Viking Princess (Crown Cruise Line) 1991–1995: Viking Princess (Palm Beach Cruise Line) 1997–2010: Palm Beach Princess (Palm Beach Casino Line) Crown Del Mar: 1967: 9.725 GT: 130.6 m (428 ft 6 in) Panama
Nichols Bros. Boat Builders in Freeland, Washington: Originally designed and built for Isle of Capri Casinos as a casino boat named Bettendorf Capri: Queen of the West: American Cruise Lines: 1995 100 Nichols Bros. Boat Builders in Freeland, Washington: American Empress: American Queen Voyages 2003 223 Nichols Bros. Boat Builders in Freeland ...
By 1994, Viking Yachts was back on the ascent. Pat Healey, who was out on the front lines at the boat shows and winning at prestigious fishing tournaments, showcased a 55-footer in 1997 that sold ...
Royal Viking Star was stretched in 1981, followed by Royal Viking Sky in 1982 and Royal Viking Sea in 1983. The lengthening of the ships improved both their profiles and their economics. In 1984, Torstein Hagen arranged a $240 million management buyout of the company, with the assistance of venture capital firm JH Whitney [citation needed].
The company was established by Torstein Hagen in St. Petersburg, Russia as Viking River Cruises in 1997. Hagen had become involved in cruising as a McKinsey and Company consultant who helped the Holland America Line survive the 1973 oil crisis, then was CEO of the Royal Viking Line from 1980 to 1984, made money in the Russian private equity markets, then bought a controlling stake in a Dutch ...
MS Amera (formerly Royal Viking Sun, Seabourn Sun and Prinsendam) is a cruise ship operated by Phoenix Reisen. She was launched in 1988 as Royal Viking Sun for Royal Viking Line, and began operating for Cunard Line under the same name in 1994. She was renamed Seabourn Sun when Seabourn Cruise Line acquired the ship in 1999.
The Viking at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893. Viking ship replicas are one of the more common types of ship replica. Viking, the first Viking ship replica, was built by the Rødsverven shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway. In 1893 it sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to Chicago in the United States for the World's Columbian Exposition.