The list of ship decommissionings in 1972 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1972.
| Operator | Ship | Flag | Class and type | Fate | Other notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 January | Swedish Lloyd | Ferry | Renamed Saga after sale of the previous Saga to Stena Line | ||||
| 7 February | Swedish Lloyd | Saga | Ferry | Sold to Stena Line | Renamed Stena Atlantica | ||
| 7 May | Sold to Venezuela | Renamed | |||||
| 1 July | Scrapped | [1] | |||||
| 26 July | Rederi Ab Ålandsfärjan | Ålandsfärjan | Ferry | Scrapped | |||
| 28 July | Transferred to Uruguay | Renamed |