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Oldest cruise ships currently in service at major cruise lines – Five years later

About five years ago, I wrote a post on this blog listing the oldest cruise ships serving at the time at the world’s major cruise lines. I published the post on March 6, which was five days before the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus disease to be a worldwide pandemic. A lot of ships were sidelined and scrapped as a result of the pandemic, but the industry rebounded and there’s been a round of new ships that have entered service in the past couple of years.

In this post, I am reposting the list with relevant updates, mostly for my curiosity. Keep in mind that I am getting most of this information from Wikipedia so there might be some errors. This time, the table is arranged in order by the age of the cruise line’s oldest ship.

Cruise LineOldest Ship in FleetYear BuiltTonnageBased in an English-Language Country?
Variety CruisesTo Callisto1963499
Quark ExpeditionsOcean Adventurer19754,376 Yes
HurtigrutenVesteralen19836,261
Phoenix ReisenArtania198444,588
SeaDream Yacht ClubSeaDream I19844,253
Windstar CruisesWind Star19865,307 Yes
Fred. Olsen Cruise LinesBalmoral198843,537 Yes
Viking LineViking Cinderella198946,398
Ambassador Cruise LineAmbience199170,285 Yes
Club MedClub Med 2199114,983
Compagnie du PonantLe Ponant19911,489
Heritage ExpeditionsHeritage Explorer19918,378 Yes
Margaritaville at SeaMargaritaville at Sea Paradise199152,926 Yes
Mano MaritimeCrown Iris199240,876
Celestyal CruisesCelestyal Journey199455,819
Silversea CruisesSilver Cloud199417,400
American Cruise LinesQueen of the West19952,115 Yes
Crystal CruisesCrystal Symphony199551,044 Yes
Marella CruisesMarella Discovery 2199569,472 Yes
Carnival Cruise LineCarnival Sunshine1996103,881 Yes
Royal Caribbean InternationalGrandeur of the Seas199673,817 Yes
Paul Gauguin CruisesPaul Gauguin199719,200 Yes
Disney Cruise LineDisney Magic199884,130 Yes
Oceania CruisesRegatta/Insignia199830,277 Yes
Princess CruisesGrand Princess1998107,517 Yes
Azamara CruisesAzamara Onward199930,277 Yes
Hansa TouristkEuropa I199928,890
Holland America LineVolendam199961,214 Yes
Norwegian Cruise LineNorwegian Spirit199875,904 Yes
Regent Seven Seas CruisesSeven Seas Navigator199928,803 Yes
Celebrity CruisesCelebrity Millennium200091,000 Yes
P&O CruisesAurora200076,152 Yes
MSC CruisesMSC Armonia200165,542
Adora CruisesAdora Mediterranea200385,619
Costa CruisesCosta Fortuna2003102,669
Cunard LineQueen Mary 22003149,215 Yes
AIDA CruisesAIDAdiva200769,203
Pearl Seas CruisesPearl Mist20075,109 Yes
Poseidon Expeditions50 Years of Victory200723,439 Yes
Seabourn Cruise LineSeabourn Sojourn201032,346 Yes
TUI CruisesMein Schiff 3201499,526
Viking Ocean CruisesViking Star201547,842
Aurora ExpeditionsGreg Mortimer2019Yes
Saga CruisesSpirit of Discovery201958,119 Yes
Virgin VoyagesScarlet City2020108,192 Yes
Atlas Ocean VoyagesWorld Navigator20219,935
Swan HellenicSH Minerva2021Yes
Explora JourneysExplora I202363,621