Owner Golden Laurel Maritime Completed 1955 Builder Swan Hunter | Yard number 1827 Length 162 m | |
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Name Port Sydney (1954-1972)
Akrotiri Express (197?-197?)
Daphne (1975-1997)
Switzerland (1997-2003)
Ocean Monarch (2003-2005)
Hellenic Aid (2005)
Ocean Monarch (2005-2008)
Princess Daphne (2008-2014)
Daphne (2014) Operator Port Line (1954-1972)
Delian Cruises (1975-1978)
Lauro Lines (1978-1979)
Costa Cruises (1979-1990)
Prestige Cruises (1990-199?)
Leisure Cruises (1997-2001)
Majestic International Cruises (200?-200?)
Page & Moy (200?-200?)
Majestic International Cruises (200?-2007)
Monarch Classic Cruises (2007-2008)
Classic International Cruises (2008-2012) Port of registry 2006-2008 Piraeus, Greece
2008-2012 Madeira, Portugal | ||
Princess daphne final voyage sea trials
Princess Daphne (formerly Ocean Monarch, Ocean Odyssey, Switzerland, Daphne, Akrotiri Express, Port Sydney) is a medium-sized cruise ship currently in service in the Mediterranean. Her sister ship is Lisboa, built as the Port Melbourne.
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Princess daphne cruise ship
History
She was built in 1955 by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, in Newcastle, UK as a freighter for the Port Line. Between 1972 and 1974, she was converted into a cruise ship at Chalkis Shipyard, Piraeus, Greece.
Uniquely, she served as a hospital ship in Sri Lanka in 2005.
It was announced on June 14, 2014 that the Princess Daphne had arrived in Alang, Turkey under the name Daphne for scrapping, following a voyage from the Cretan port of Souda, where she was laid up in September 2012. She was givne back to the Patimanios brothers by the bank following the sale of the remained of Classic International Cruises' fleet in 2013. In early 2014, rumors began to circulate saying she was to return to service under the "Classic International Cruises" banner. These rumors were proven false when it was announced that she was sold to Indian scrap merchants. She was beached at Alang, India by July 1st 2014 and scrapping commenced soon after.