Oldest Cruise Ship Afloat

It measures 1504 feet 458 meters long and 225 feet 69m wide.

Oldest cruise ship afloat. During the Second World War she served as part of the US Navy under the name Sea Cloud. The other ship ended up sinking. The Star of India at San Diego Harbor August 2006.

I also saw a news release about the new Queen Mary II being built. The Star of India was launched in 1863 and is the oldest ship in the world that still maintains a regular sailing schedule. However she did recently enter dry dock to complete a refit that is planned to take 3-years.

MV Astoria was built in 1948 as a transatlantic liner MS Stockholm for Swedish American Line and rebuilt as a cruise ship in 1993. The largest ship afloat today is the oil tanker Jahre Viking originally called Seawise Giant. The oldest ship on this list the Astoria has been around since 1948 sailing for 72 years.

HMS Trincomalee has gained the title temporarily after the USS Constitution was. In 1978 the yacht was converted into a sailing cruise ship. Classic International Cruises charters this ships to cruise operators that like to offer their costumers something different from todays floating resort ships.

It will be both longer 1170 ft and larger 110000 tons. The USS Constitution 1797 is the oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat and as best as I can tell also the oldest ship still afloat. The MV Astoria is the oldest cruise ship currently sailing and Cruise and Maritime Voyages embraces the story of its vintage vessel.

27300 tons So it looks like the oldest ship currently afloat with passengers is the Independence built in 1951 and still in service with the American Hawaiian Line cruising around the Hawaiian Islands. Ad Get the latest cruise offers. Further the yacht was known as Angelita Patria and served as a presidential yacht and a school ship.