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Local Cruises
LOCAL CRUISES
Current cruise ships in Hong Kong include
Star Pisces of
Star Cruises, together with several gambling
ships such as Macau Success, Starry Metropolis, Metropolis and
Jimei. Former
ships include various ships of
Star Cruises, as well as gambling ships like
Asia Star, Omar III, Wasa Queen, Golden Princess,
Warlus, Princess Rowena and Jin Hu. Most of the local ships operate cruises to nowhere,
which are either one-night
cruises or day cruises.
Ship(s) in
Operation
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Ship
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Starry
Metropolis
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Macau Success
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Entered Service
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1976 December
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1974 September
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Builder
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Wärtsilä Shipyard, Turku (Finland)
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Helsingor Vaerft, Helsingor (Denmark)
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Registry
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Tarawa, Kiribati
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Nassau, The Bahamas
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Gross Tonnage
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15791 tons
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9848 tons
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Length x Beam x Draft
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156.3 x 21.9 x 6.2 (m), 512.7 x 71.9 x 20.3 (ft)
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130.2 x 19.2 x 5.9 (m), 427.1 x 63.0 x 19.4 (ft)
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Speed
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21 knots
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21 knots
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Number of Cabins
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250
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230
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Passengers
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500
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460
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IMO Number, Call Sign
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7359498, T3ZR
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7346934, C6II5
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Sister Ships
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Delphin (Passat Kreuzfahrten)
Salamis Filoxenia (Salamis Cruise Lines)
Island Adventure (SeaEscape)
Enchanted Capri (floating hotel for oil rigs)
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History
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1976-1982: Kareliya (Black Sea Shipping)
1982-1989: Leonid Brezhnev (Black Sea Shipping)
1989-1996: Kareliya (Black Sea Shipping)
1996-1997: Kareliya (CTC Cruises)
1997-1998: [laid up]
1998-2002: Olvia (K&O Cruises)
2002-2003: Olvia (Peace Boat)
2003-2004: Olvia (K&O Cruises)
2004-2005: CT Neptune (West Line Cruises)
2005-2006: CT Neptune (gambling ship)
2006-2011: Neptune (gambling ship)
2011- : Starry Metropolis (gambling ship)
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1974-1994: Golden Odyssey (Royal Cruise
Line)
1994-1995: Astra II (Deutsche Seetouristik)
1995-2000: Astra II (Neckermann Seereisen)
2000-2003: Omar II (Asia Cruises)
2003- : Macau Success (gambling ship)
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Ship
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Metropolis
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Ji Mei
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Entered Service
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1972 April
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1966 June
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Builder
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Kanasashi Heavy Industries, Shimizu (Japan)
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Kieler Howaldtswerke A.G., Kiel (Germany)
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Registry
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Tarawa, Kiribati
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Panama City, Panama
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Gross Tonnage
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17261 tons
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9880
tons
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Length x Beam x Draft
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154.3 x 22.9 x 6.1 (m), 506.1 x 75.1 x 20.0 (ft)
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140.5 x 20.0 x 5.9 (m), 460.8 x 65.6 x 19.4 (ft)
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Speed
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19 knots
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21 knots
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Number of Cabins
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300
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200
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Passengers
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380
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400
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IMO Number, Call Sign
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7215161, T3RT
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6604482, H3HL
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Sister Ships
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Mawaddah (Namma Lines)
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History
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1972-1989: Shiretoku Maru (Nippon Enkai
Ferry)
1989-2001: N Kazantzakis (Minoan Lines)
2001-2007: Ming Fai Princess (Hainan Pacific Cruises)
2007- : Metropolis (gambling ship)
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1966-1980: Prinsesse Ragnhild (Jahre
Line)
1980-1981: Jalina (Jahre Line)
1981-1981: Ametista (Ametista Shipping)
1981-1988: Jin Jang (Xiamen Shipping)
1988-1998: Ji Mei (Xiamen Shipping)
1998- : Ji Mei (gambling ship)
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Former
Ship(s)
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Ship
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Asia Star
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Omar III
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Entered Service
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1992 May
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1972 November
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Builder
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Finnyards, Rauma (Finland)
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Wärtsilä Shipyard, Helsinki (Finland)
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Registry
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Nassau, The Bahamas
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Panama City, Panama
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Gross Tonnage
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20295 tons
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18559 tons
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Length x Beam x Draft
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131.2 x 32.0 x 8.2 (m), 430.3 x 105.0 x 26.9 (ft)
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171.0 x 24.0 x 6.6 (m), 560.1 x 78.7 x 21.6 (ft)
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Speed
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14 knots
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21 knots
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Number of Cabins
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177
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420
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Passengers
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354
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840
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IMO Number, Call Sign
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9008407, C6OP6
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7125861, 3FDZ8
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Sister Ships
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Ocean Star Pacific (Corporacion De
Cruceros Nacionales),
Formosa Queen (gambling ship)
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History
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1992-1994: Radisson Diamond
(Diamond Cruise Line / Radisson Diamond Cruises)
1994-2005: Radisson Diamond
(Radisson Seven Seas Cruises)
2005-2005: Omar Star (Asia Cruises)
2005-2009: Asia Star (Asia Cruises)
2009-2010: Asia Star (Ben's Entertainment City)
2010-2011: [laid up]
2011- : China Star (China Cruises)
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1972-1998: Sun Viking (Royal Caribbean
Cruise Line)
1998-1998: SuperStar Sagittarius (Star Cruises)
1998-2002: Hyundai Pongnae (Hyundai Merchant Marine)
2002-2002: Pongnae (gambling ship)
2002-2003: [laid up]
2003-2005: Omar III (Asia Cruises)
2005-2007: Omar III (gambling ship)
2007-2011: Long Jie (gambling ship)
2011- : Oriental Dragon (gambling ship)
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Ship
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Wasa Queen
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Warlus
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Entered Service
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1975 December
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1990 December
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Builder
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Dubigeon-Normandie S.A., Nantes (France)
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Union Naval de Levante, Valencia (Spain)
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Registry
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Panama City, Panama
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Panama City, Panama
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Gross Tonnage
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16546 tons
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15400
tons
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Length x Beam x Draft
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155.7 x 22.0 x 5.8 (m), 510.7 x 72.2 x
19.0 (ft)
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150.7 x 20.6 x 5.7 (m), 494.3 x 67.6 x 18.7
(ft)
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Speed
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17 knots
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18
knots
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Number of Cabins
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218
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250
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Passengers
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608
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500
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IMO Number, Call Sign
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7360198, H9KU
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8709573, 3EGA8
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Sister Ships
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(two
ferries)
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History
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1975-1980: Bore Star (Finnlines)
1980-1986: Silja Star (Silja Line)
1986-1986: Orient Express (Sea Containers)
1986-1987: Club Sea (Club Sea)
1987-1989: Orient Express (Sea Containers)
1989-1990: Eurosun (Europe Cruise Line)
1990-1990: Orient Express (Sea Containers)
1990-1991: Eurosun (Europe Cruise Line)
1991-1992: Orient Sun (Orient Line)
1992-1993: Wasa Queen (Wasa Line)
1993-2001: Wasa Queen (Silja Line)
2001-2007: Wasa Queen (Cruise Ferries)
2007-2009: [laid up]
2009-2011: Arberia (Mediterranean ferry)
2011- : Amed Majesty (Amed Cruises)
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1990-1993: Crown Monarch (Crown Cruise
Line)
1993-1994: Cunard Crown Monarch (Cunard Line)
1994-1996: Nautican (Commodore Cruise Line)
1996-2005: Warlus (gambling ship)
2005-2007: [laid up]
2007-2008: Jules Verne (Terre de Croisières)
2008-2008: Alexander von Humboldt <II> (Phoenix Reisen)
[originally named Alexander von Humboldt II]
2008-2011: [laid up]
2011-2012: Alexander von Humboldt (Bamtur)
2012- : Voyager (Voyages of Discovery)
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Ship
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Golden
Princess
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Princess Rowena
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Entered Service
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1967 May
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1979 February
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Builder
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Wärtsilä Shipyard, Helsinki (Finland)
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Union Naval de Levante, Valencia (Spain)
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Registry
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Nassau, The Bahamas
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Panama City, Panama
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Gross Tonnage
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12456 tons
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7419 tons
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Length x Beam x Draft
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157.7 x 20.0 x 6.0 (m), 517.3 x 65.6 x
19.7 (ft)
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128.7 x 20.5 x 5.6 (m), 422.1 x 67.2 x 18.4 (ft)
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Speed
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20 knots
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22 knots
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Number of Cabins
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250
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450
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Passengers
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500
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900
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IMO Number, Call Sign
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6622458, C6DC
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7707231, H8ZA
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Sister Ships
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(five
ferries)
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History
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1967-1978: Finlandia (Finland Steamship
Company)
1978-1981: Finnstar (Finnlines / Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten)
1981-1982: Innstar (Finnlines)
1982-1988: Pearl of Scandinavia (Pearl Cruises)
1988-1990: Ocean Pearl (Pearl Cruises)
1990-1994: Ocean Pearl (Croisières Paquet)
1994-1995: Pearl (Croisières Paquet)
1995-1998: Costa Playa (Costa Cruises)
1998-1999: Oriental Pearl (gambling ship)
1999-2000: Joy Wave (Costa Cruises)
2000-2009: Golden Princess (gambling ship)
2009: sold for scrap in China
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1979-2004: Ciudad de Badajoz
(Transmediterranea)
2004-2008: Princess Rowena (gambling ship)
2008: sold for scrap in Alang, India
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