MS Princess Danae explained
The
MS Princess Danae was a
cruise liner. 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.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 the non-payment of a fuel bill.
[1] Early in 2013, she was bought by the recently created Portuguese cruise company
Portuscale Cruises and renamed
Lisboa. She was scrapped at
Aliağa on 24 July 2015.Her sister ship was the
Princess Daphne, built as
Port Sydney.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Coulter. Adam. Fourth Ship from Classic International Fleet Arrested. Cruise Critic. https://web.archive.org/web/20121027153401/http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=4995. 2012-10-27. dead. The Independent Traveller Inc. 18 December 2014. 5 October 2012.
