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ANOTHER cruise ship sent to SCRAP - More Beloved Cruise Ships to be Recycled!

SATOSHI / PACIFIC DAWN SENT TO SCRAP: The cruise ship dominoes keep falling in the final days of 2020, with another beloved cruise ship heading to the scrapyard. This time it is the former P&O Cruises ship Pacific Dawn – currently named Satoshi – which will soon make her final voyage to the beaches of India’s Alang scrapyards. Built at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, the ship entered service for Princess Cruises in 1991. Regal Princess was the second ship of her class. Her elder sister was named Crown Princess and entered service a year earlier. Regal Princess sailed for Princess Cruises until 2007 when the ship was transferred to P&O Australia. Renamed Pacific Dawn, she became a popular member of the P&O Cruises fleet. Pacific Dawn was, at the time, the largest ship to sail for the Australian brand. She introduced a suite of amenities such as the spacious Waterfront restaurant, a multi-storey atrium, extra tariff restaurants and even an on board circus – performed on a raised stage positioned on the ship’s top deck. In 2009 Pacific Dawn was joined by her sister ship Pacific Jewel – the former Crown Princess. Together the two ships lifted the profile of P&O Cruises in Australia, operating cruises from Australia’s east coast to the South Pacific that were characterised by their casual and fun on board atmosphere. While Pacific Jewel left the P&O fleet in 2019, Pacific Dawn remained, having been refurbished and upgraded with the addition of an on board waterpark complete with large waters slides. Despite her ongoing popularity, in late 2019 P&O Australia revealed that Pacific Dawn would leave the fleet – as the brand was set to welcome two Grand Class ships into their fleet. But Pacific Dawn’s future seemed secure, with CMV set to acquire the ship in early 2021. However the devastating global cruise shutdown – due to the COVID-19 pandemic – led to the collapse of CMV in July 2020. As such, P&O sought a new buyer for the laid up Pacific Dawn. An unconventional new buyer was found when Ocean Builders acquired the ship. Renaming her Satoshi, the ship was scheduled to sail to Panama where Ocean Builders planned to use the ship as a floating hub for the crypto currency community. Satoshi was sent to Gibraltar where work was done to repaint and refurbish the ship. She set sail for Panama on 2 December. However during her voyage, plans to utilise the ship were abandoned, with Ocean Builders citing the ‘inability to insure the ship for use in her static role’ as the reason for the about face. She has since been sold for scrap. Anchored near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal, it is expected Satoshi will sail to India for scrapping in the coming weeks. When she arrives at her final destination, the former Regal Princess will join her near identical sister ship Karnika – the former Crown Princess – which was sold for scrap in November after India’s Jalesh Cruises ceased operations. It is expected that both ships will be broken up side by side… a sad sight for the many thousands of people who have sailed aboard these two ships during their 30 year careers. OTHER SHIP UPDATE: The former CMV Ocean Liner Astoria has made a short journey from the UK to Rotterdam where she remains laid up. MV. Marco Polo has now arrived in the UAE, and is anchored some 30 nautical miles off the coast of Dubai awaiting orders. The recently retired Marella Dream is anchored off the coast of Greece. Another retired cruise ship we’ve been keeping an eye on is Grand Celebration. Rumoured to be heading to India’s scrapyards, the ship is currently en route to Port Luis. Cruising at a sluggish speed of 6 ½ knots and expected to arrive in Mauritius on 30 December. Royal Caribbean recently announced the retirement of their oldest and smallest cruise ships: the 1990’s era Empress of the Seas and Majesty of the Seas, the ships are expected to resume cruising in Asia once the cruising pause ends. 2020 has certainly been a brutal year for cruising and cruise ships. -- ▶ WITH THANKS: Andrew Sassoli-Walker - thank you for all your image support. Check out Andrew's website at https://www.solentphotograher.com Image of Regal Princess: Karora via Wikimedia (Public Domain) - see original photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Thanks also to Patricia Dempsey    / linerlovers   for her information support. Recycle symbol on thumbnail: Vicons Designs / The Noun Project / CC. By Attribution via Adobe Spark. -- ▶ SUBSCRIBE for regular cruise ship updates & maritime history: https://bit.ly/38BR2DK ▶ CHECK OUT my Cunard history website: https://www.chriscunard.com ▶ READ: My Maritime History books: https://bit.ly/3nISs3w ▶ FOLLOW ME on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3qg1AOR ▶ CONNECT WITH ME on Facebook: https://bit.ly/39sBKQP #cruisenews #cruiseshipnews #shipscrap