MS Princess Danae

MS *Princess Danae*
	The present MV Lisboa (still as the Princess Danae) in Corfu harbor, 2008
History
PortugalPortugal
Name	Port Melbourne (1955-1972); Therisos Express (1972?-1975?); Danae (1975-1992); Starlight Express (1992?-1994?); Baltica (1994-1996); Princess Danae (1996-2013); Lisboa (2013-2015) ;
Namesake	Lisbon (Lisboa in Portuguese)
Owner	Portuscale Cruises
Operator	Port Line (1955-1972); Delian Cruises (1975-1979); Costa Cruises (1979-1990); Prestige Cruises (1990-1992); Classic International Cruises (1996-2012); Portuscale Cruises (2013); Unknown French Operator (2015) ;
Port of registry	1955–1972: London, United Kingdom; 1994–2001: Panama City, Panama; 2001–2015: Madeira, Portugal;
Builder	Harland and Wolff
Launched	10 March 1955
Christened	1955
Acquired	1955
Identification	IMO number: 5282483; MMSI number: 255987000; Callsign: CQTK;
Fate	Underwent refit as of March 2014, expected to resume cruising in 2015, but as laid-up, was sold to Shipbreaking.
Status	Scrapped
General characteristics
Tonnage	16531 t
Length	162.30 m
Beam	21.34 m
Draught	7.65 m
Decks	8
Installed power	9708 kw
Propulsion	2 × Wallsend-Doxford 6 cylinder Diesel
Speed	15.5 kn
Capacity	670 passengers

MV Lisboa was a Portuguese cruise liner owned by Portuscale Cruises. The ship was designed by Harland & Wolff as a freighter in Belfast built and ran in 1954 as Port Melbourne, a fast cargo liner for Port Line's UK-Australia express service. She was planned to be rebuilt as a car ferry, the Therisos Express, but instead became the cruise ship Danae. In later years, she was named Starlight Express, Baltica, and then Princess Danae.^[1]

From 1994 until 2012, the ship was operated by Classic International Cruises as the Princess Danae. In late summer of 2012, the ship was detained in Dublin, Ireland for non-payment of a fuel bill.^[3] Early in 2013, she was bought by the recently created Portuguese cruise company Portuscale Cruises and renamed Lisboa. Ship arrived in Aliağa at Shipbroker for dismantling.^[4]

Her sister ship is the Princess Daphne, built as the Port Sydney.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Danae". Simplon. Ian Boyle/Simplon Postcards. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Is Portuscale Cruises in Trouble? (Updated 13/3/2014)". travelswithanthony. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
^ Coulter, Adam (5 October 2012). "Fourth Ship from Classic International Fleet Arrested". Cruise Critic. The Independent Traveller Inc. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-06-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[Simplon-1] "Danae". Simplon. Ian Boyle/Simplon Postcards. Retrieved 18 December 2014.

[TwA-2] "Is Portuscale Cruises in Trouble? (Updated 13/3/2014)". travelswithanthony. Retrieved 18 December 2014.

[3] Coulter, Adam (5 October 2012). "Fourth Ship from Classic International Fleet Arrested". Cruise Critic. The Independent Traveller Inc. Retrieved 18 December 2014.

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-06-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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