MS Princess Danae
The present MV Lisboa (still as the Princess Danae) in Corfu harbor, 2008
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Name |
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Namesake | Lisbon (Lisboa in Portuguese) |
Owner | Portuscale Cruises |
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Port of registry |
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Builder | Harland and Wolff |
Launched | 10 March 1955 |
Christened | 1955 |
Acquired | 1955 |
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Fate | Underwent refit as of March 2014, expected to resume cruising in 2015, but as laid-up, was sold to Shipbreaking.[2] |
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.
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