The list of ship decommissionings in 1985 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1985.
| Operator | Ship | Flag | Class and type | Fate | Other notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 January | P&O Normandy Ferries | Ferry | Sold to Townsend Thoresen | Renamed Tiger | |||
| 5 April | DFDS Seaways | Cruiseferry | Sold to Sundance Cruises | Renamed Stardancer | |||
| 12 May | Rederi Ab Sally | Cruiseferry | Sold to Fred. Olsen Lines | Renamed Braemar | |||
| 31 May | Decommissioned | Sold for scrap in 1988[1] | |||||
| 25 December | Jakob Lines | Ferry | Sold to Vaasanlaivat-Vasabåtarna | ||||
| Date unknown | Black Sea Shipping Company | Transferred to Far Eastern Shipping Company | |||||
| Date unknown | Far Eastern Shipping Company | Chartered to CTC Cruises | |||||
| Date unknown | Varberg-Grenå Linjen | Ferry | Renamed Europafärjan II | Continued in same traffic | |||
| Date unknown | Home Lines | Cruise ship | Sold to Premier Cruise Line | Renamed StarShip Oceanic |