List of ship decommissionings in 1991
The list of ship decommissionings in 1991 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1991.
Operator | Ship | Flag | Class and type | Fate | Other notes | |
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15 January | Fred. Olsen Lines | Bayard | ![]() | Cruiseferry | Sold to Color Line | Renamed Christian IV |
January | Sealink Stena Line | St Nicholas | ![]() | Cruiseferry | Rebuilt | Renamed Stena Normandy (under charter from Rederi AB Gotland) |
14 February | ![]() | Phoebe | Leander-class frigate | Sold as scrap | ||
22 February | Scandinavian Seaways | Tor Scandinavia | ![]() | Cruiseferry | Renamed Princess of Scandinavia | |
1 March | Polferries | Rogalin | ![]() | Ferry | Chartered to Swansea-Cork Ferries | Renamed Celtic Pride |
31 March | ![]() | Penelope | Leander-class frigate | Sold to Ecuador in 1991 | Renamed Presidente Eloy Alfaro[1] | |
30 April | ![]() | Coral Sea | Midway-class aircraft carrier | Scrapped | ||
19 May | DSB Färjedivision | Peder Paars | ![]() | Ferry | Sold to Stena Line | Renamed Stena Invicta for Sealink Stena Line traffic |
30 May | Silja Line | Silvia Regina | ![]() | Cruiseferry | Sold to Stena Line | Renamed Stena Britannica |
May | Europe Cruise Line | Eurosun | ![]() | Cruise ship | Transferred to Orient Line Pte Ltd | Renamed Orient Sun |
2 June | Epirotiki Line | Pegasus | ![]() | Cruise ship | Burnt at Venice; wreck laid up in Greece. | Sold to Strintzis Line in 1994 for rebuilding into a ferry; renamed Ionian Express; burnt in shipyard; scrapped 1995 |
30 September | ![]() | Charybdis | Leander-class frigate | Sunk as a target | ||
26 November | ![]() | Lexington | Essex-class aircraft carrier | Preserved | Corpus Christi, Texas | |
Date uncertain | ![]() | 18 De Julio | Scrapped |
Citations
- ^ Friedman, p. 338
Bibliography
- Friedman, Norman (2006). British Destroyers and Frigates, the Second World War and After. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-86176-137-6.