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MV Astoria is a ship that was constructed as the transatlantic ocean liner Stockholm for Swedish American Line, and rebuilt as a cruise ship in 1993. Ordered in 1944, and commenced service in 1948, at 76 years old, she is the oldest deep water passenger liner still around in a non retired status.
Migrant passenger ship working as part-time cruise ship 1958–73. Full-time cruise ship 1974–77. Scrapped following a fire, 1980. Fairstar: Sitmar Cruises: 1964: 21,619: Migrant passenger ship working as part-time cruise ship 1964–74, then full-time cruising. Allocated to P&O Australia fleet in 1988. Ended operation in 1997 and scrapped ...
Costa Classica at Kobe. The contract for the Costa Classica was signed with Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani in July 1987 with a value of $287 million. The ship was built as hull 5877 [4] at Fincantieri's shipyard at Monfalcone, completed in 1991, and was Costa Cruises' first purpose-built newbuild since Eugenio C in 1966. [5]
Typically, a cruise ship is built to run about 30 years. Cruise ships are a way to explore the world and have a vacation out on the sea. Like every other work of machinery in the world, cruise ...
In service for Astro Ocean Cruises Built as the Oriana for P&O Cruises: Pacific World: 1995 1995–present In service for Peace Boat: Built as the Sun Princess for Princess Cruises: Minerva: 1996 1996-2017 Laid up, for sale Hull built in 1989, and originally intended as a Soviet research vessel, the Okean, completed as a cruise ship for Swan ...
The average cost per day was $89, they said, including the price of their room, food, entertainment, transportation, tips, port fees and taxes, which is “well within our retirement budget.”
In April 2009, a supposed concept model of the post-refurbishment Hotel QE2 was shown for sale on an online auction website. [129] The model depicted a much altered QE2. [130] In June 2009, the Southampton Daily Echo reported that Queen Elizabeth 2 would return to the UK [131] as an operating cruise ship.
A retired Florida widow is living the rest of her life on a luxury cruise. As the Asbury Park Press reports, after her husband died in 1997, 86-year-old Lee Wachtsetter sold their five-bedroom ...