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Regency Cruises
Industry	Cruises; Hospitality; Travel; Tourism;
Founded	1984
Founder	Anastasios Kyriakides and William Schanz
Defunct	1995
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Cruises
Parent	Lelakis Group

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Regency Cruises was a Greek cruise company operating in the late 1980s and early 1990s, created by Anastasios Kyriakides and William Schanz.

History

The company began with the MS Regent Sea, a former transatlantic ship. In 1986, the company bought 2 million container ships^{[citation needed]} to convert them for passenger cruises, but this was cancelled the following year. By 1993, they had bought six ships. The company filed for bankruptcy in 1995.

Following bankruptcy, Kyriakides took the M.S Regent Sun and launched a new company, Sun Venture. The other ships were sold to cruise companies.

Fleet

Ship	Built	In Service fo Regency	Status	Notes
Regent Sea	1957	1984-1995	Sank on way to Scrapyard in 2001	Built as the Gripsholm for Swedish American Line
Regent Star	1956	1986-1995	Scrapped in 2004	Built as the Statendam for Holland America Line
Regent Sun	1964	1988–1995	Sank on way to scrapyard in 2001	Built as the Shalom for Zim Lines
Regent Rainbow	1958	1992–1995	Scrapped in 2012	Built as the Santa Rosa for Grace Line
Regent Spirit	1962	1992–1995	Scrapped in 2009	Built as the Anna Nery
Regent Jewel	1967	1993-1994	Scrapped in 2013	Built as the Canguro Verde
Never Entered Service
Regent Sun	1969	1986 -1987 (Owned)	Scrapped 2014
Regent Moon	1969	1986 -1988 (Owned)	Scrapped 2012
Regent Isle	1956	1995 (Planned)	Scrapped in 2006	Built as the RMS Carinthia for Cunard Line. Chartered for only one year prior to bankruptcy
Regent Sky	1989	No Date Set	Scrapped in 2012	Ship under construction that was 60% complete when Regency Cruises filed for bankruptcy

References

Bailey, Jordan (2020-09-02). "Remembering Regency Cruises & The Abandoned Regent Sky". Cruise Capital. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
Bailey, Jordan (September 3, 2020). "Remembering Regency Cruises & The Abandoned Regent Sky". Cruise Capital. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
Liam (July 15, 2011). "The Rise and Fall of : Regency Cruises". crociere.co.uk. Wesea. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
"Regency Cruises Ship Postcards". www.simplonpc.co.uk. Simplon postcards. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
Cudahy, Brian J. (2001). The Cruise Ship Phenomenon in North America. Cornell Maritime Press. ISBN 9780870335297.
Plowman, Peter (2004). The SITMAR Liners: Past and Present. Rosenberg Publishing. ISBN 9781877058257.
Klein, Ross A. (2001). Death by Chocolate: What You Must Know Before Taking a Cruise. Breakwater Books. ISBN 9781550811728.

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 ==History==
-The company began with the ''[[MS Gripsholm (1957)|MS Regent Sea]]'', a former transatlantic ship. In 1986, the company bought 2 million [[container ship]]s{{cn|date=August 2023}} to convert them for passenger cruises, but this was cancelled the following year. By 1993, they had bought six ships. The company filed for bankruptcy in 1995.
+The company began with the ''[[MS Gripsholm (1957)|MS Regent Sea]]'', a former transatlantic ship. In 1986, the company bought 2 million [[container ship]]s{{cn|date=August 2023}} to convert them for passenger cruises, but this was cancelled the following year. By 1993, they had bought six ships. The company filed for bankruptcy in 1995.[[File:Federico and doric (Doric).jpg|thumb|M.S Regent Sun (As [[SS Shalom|S.S Doric]]) 1988 - 1995]]
-[[File:Regent Sea.jpg|thumb|[[MS Gripsholm (1957)|M.S ''Regent Sea'']] 1984 - 1995]]
-[[File:"Regent Star" - Perama, 1986.jpg|thumb|[[SS Statendam (1956)|M.S Regent Star]] 1986 - 1995 (M.S Regent Star In the process of modification in spite of providing service in Regency Cruises)]]
-[[File:Federico and doric (Doric).jpg|thumb|M.S Regent Sun (As [[SS Shalom|S.S Doric]]) 1988 - 1995]]
 [[File:Port Kos 11.jpg|thumb|M.S Regent Sprint (As [[CS Salamis Glory|C.S Salamis Glory]]) 1992 - 1995]]
-[[File:The Emerald in Santo Domingo on March 29, 1999.jpg|thumb|M.S Regent Rainbow (As [[SS The Emerald|M.S Emerald]]) 1992 - 1995]]
+[[File:The Emerald in Santo Domingo on March 29, 1999.jpg|thumb|M.S Regent Rainbow (As [[SS The Emerald|M.S Emerald]]) 1992 - 1995]]Following bankruptcy, Kyriakides took the ''M.S Regent Sun'' and launched a new company, Sun Venture. The other ships were sold to cruise companies.
-[[File:The Calypso cruise ship at Rhodes, Greece 2008.jpeg|thumb|M.S Regent Jewel (As [[MS The Calypso|M.S Calypso]]) 1993 - 1994]]
-[[File:Costa Marina In Tallinn 2008.jpg|thumb|M.S Regent Sun 2 (As [[MS Costa Marina|M.S Costa Marina]]) 1986 - 1987]]
-[[File:Costa Allegra in Corfu, Greece.jpg|thumb|M.S Regent Moon (As [[MS Costa Allegra|M.S Costa Allegra]]) 1986 - 1988]]
-[[File:"Zoe" - Eleusis, 2009.jpg|thumb|[[MV Regent Sky|M.V Regent Sky]] 1989 - 2009 ( Ship under construction that was not completed due to the financial problems of Regency Cruises)]]
-[[File:"China Sea Discovery" - Kaohsiung, 2002.jpg|thumb|T.S.S Regent Isle 1995 - 1995 as [[RMS Carinthia (1955)|T.S.S China Discovery]] (The ship did not enter service because it was planning to enter operations at Regency Cruises in 1995 but that year it went bankrupt and in the end the ship was acquired by P&O Holidays Cruises)]]
-Following bankruptcy, Kyriakides took the ''M.S Regent Sun'' and launched a new company, Sun Venture. The other ships were sold to cruise companies.
 == Fleet ==
 {| class="wikitable"
-|+
 !Ship
 !Image
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 |[[File:"Regent Star" - Perama, 1986.jpg|frameless]]
 |1956
-|1986-1996
+|1986-1995
 |Scrapped in 2004
 |Built as the ''Statendam'' for [[Holland America Line]]
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 |[[File:Hanseatic IMO 5321679 P Hamburg 06-1973.jpg|frameless]]
 |1964
+|1988–1995
-|1988–1996
 |Sank on way to scrapyard in 2001
 |Built as the ''Shalom'' for [[ZIM (shipping company)|Zim Lines]]
@@ Line 89: / Line 76: @@
 |[[File:The Emerald in Venice, Italy on May 13, 2008.jpg|frameless]]
 |1958
+|1992–1995
-|1992–1996
 |Scrapped in 2012
 |Built as the ''Santa Rosa'' for [[Grace Line]]
@@ Line 96: / Line 83: @@
 |[[File:Matanski-Kastelorizo Harbour Greece.jpg|frameless]]
 |1962
+|1992–1995
-|1992–1996
 |Scrapped in 2009
 |Built as the ''Anna Nery''
@@ Line 106: / Line 93: @@
 |Scrapped in 2013
 |Built as the ''Canguro Verde''
+|-
+! colspan="6" |Never Entered Service
+|-
+|''[[MS Costa Marina|Regent Sun]]''
+|[[File:Costa Marina in Trondheim 2009.jpg|frameless]]
+|1969
+|1986 -1987 (Owned)
+|Scrapped 2014
+|
+|-
+|''[[MS Costa Allegra|Regent Moon]]''
+|[[File:Incendio del costa allegra.jpg|frameless]]
+|1969
+|1986 -1988 (Owned)
+|Scrapped 2012
+|
 |-
 |''[[RMS Carinthia (1955)|Regent Isle]]''
 |[[File:FAIR PRINCESS (1956) ex CARINTHIA. at Overseas Passenger Terminal.jpg|frameless]]
 |1956
-|1995
+|1995 (Planned)
 |Scrapped in 2006
 |Built as the RMS ''Carinthia'' for [[Cunard Line]]. Chartered for only one year prior to bankruptcy
+|-
+|''[[MV Regent Sky|Regent Sky]]''
+|[[File:"Zoe" - Eleusis, 2009.jpg|frameless]]
+|1989
+|No Date Set
+|Scrapped in 2012
+|Ship under construction that was 60% complete when Regency Cruises filed for bankruptcy
 |}
-=== Unbuilt & Uncompleted ===
-* ''Regent Sun''
-* ''Regent Moon''
-* ''Regent Sky''
 [[File:"Regent Star", "Amerikanis", "Mediterranean Sky" - Eleusis, 2000.jpg|thumb|M.S Regent Star in Eleuisis 2000 Waiting to be scrapped.]]
+*
-[[File:The Emerald in Venice, Italy on May 13, 2008.jpg|thumb|The M.S Regent Rainbow as M.S The Emerald ( Being one of the last ships that were in Regency Cruises still in operation) In Venice, Italy in 2008.]]
 ==References==