Yard number B494/04 In service 1997/98 (planned) Launched 16 October 1990 Draft 6.7 m | Laid down 1985 Construction started 1985 Tonnage 49.9 million kg Beam 28 m | |
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Name 1984-1990 Stena Baltica1990-?? Regent Sky??–2011 Zoe Owner 1984-1989 Stena Line (planned)1989-1996 Regency Cruises1996-1999 Bank of Greece1999-2004 Sea Nomad Maritime2004-2011 Prince Nomad Port of registry Greece (1996-2011?) Comoros (2011) | ||
MV Regent Sky was an unfinished cruise ship that travelled to several locations during her incomplete construction. She was initially being built in Poland as the cruise ferry Stena Baltica, one of four sister ships planned for the Stena Line. Still incomplete, she was purchased by Regency Cruises and moved to Greece, but her new owners filed for bankruptcy in 1995.
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The unfinished ship was sold for scrap in July 2011.
History
Regent Sky was originally ordered in 1979 and laid down in 1985 under the name Stena Baltica. She was one of four fairly identical cruise ferries being built by Stocznia im Lenina, in Gdańsk, a Polish seaport on the Baltic coast, for Stena Line, Stena Germanica, Stena Scandinavica and Stena Polonica. In 1986, her construction was cancelled (and her sisters' delayed) because of problems with the shipyard.
The unfinished hull was purchased in 1989 by A. Lelakis, owner of Regency Cruises. Regency planned to put her into service as their first new ship, having previously purchased and converted ocean liners. Stena Baltica was towed to the Avlis Shipyards at Perama, Greece (also owned by Lelakis), where a USD $200 million process to convert her into a cruise ship began. The vessel was renamed Regent Sky at this time, and 7,000 tons of steel were installed after she was lengthened 50 meters at Elefsis Shipyards in Greece.
In 1995, while Regent Sky was at the Avlis Shipyards of Chalkis, Greece and about 60% finished, Regency Cruises ceased operations. The vessel was seized by the National Bank of Greece and Hellenic Industrial Development Bank in July 1999. Since then, Regent Sky has moved from one lay up berth to another, including Perama, Ambelakia and then Kinossoura. All attempts to sell the vessel at auction failed. The Regent Sky had been laid up and moved to anchorage off Eleusis, Greece, until July 2011 when she was sold for scrapping. The never finished hulk arrived for demolition in Aliaga, Turkey on 16 July 2012.
Condition
Since her construction was halted, Regent Sky had rusted heavily. During her conversion Wärtsilä main engines were installed. After the bankruptcy of Regency, the engines were removed, leaving Regent Sky unable to move without being towed. The foremost part of her bow was never completed. There were several renderings of the completed ship, with one depicting her as Zoe, sporting a white hull and red funnel.
