Oldest Cruise Ship Still In Service

A ship is generally designed with a specified useful service life but that doesnt mean that it wont be retired before that date or its useful life wont be extended well beyond the planned service life.

Oldest cruise ship still in service. With a gross tonnage of 30277 and a length of 592 feet this 11-deck cruise ship was just a third of the size of Coral Princess. These ships which debuted in 1998 at over 137000 GT were almost 30000 GT larger than the next-largest cruise ships and were some of the first ships designed to appeal to non. At 72 years old she was the oldest passenger ship still sailing.

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 first ships over that size were the Voyager-class ships from Royal Caribbean Groups Royal Caribbean International RCI. She is most infamous for her role in the mortal wounding of the Andrea Doria.

I realize that this is an old thread but as of 2017 MV Astoria launched in 1946 as Stockholm is still in service. Pacific Princess accommodated just 670 guests. At 72 years old she was the oldest passenger ship still sailing.

How long a ship lasts depends on several factors. Although the Astoria is the oldest cruise ship still in service its not the oldest ship still on the seas. MV Astoria is a ship that was constructed as the transatlantic liner MS Stockholm for Swedish American Line and rebuilt as a cruise ship in 1993.

Ordered in 1944 and commenced service in 1948 at 73 years old she was the oldest passenger liner still sailing in deep water routes. In general most modern. Sold to Regency Cruises in 1984 as the Regent Sea operated until 1995.

15 years later she was converted into a cruise ship and named Aegean Dolphin. Where many sea going ships coasters or otherwise were scrapped due to changed economics. Crapo and others are still going.