List of ship decommissionings in 1983

The list of ship decommissionings in 1983 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1983.

	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
28 February	Stena Sessan Line	*Prinsessan Birgitta*	Sweden	Cruiseferry	Chartered to Sealink	Renamed St Nicholas
25 March	Unknown	*World Wide Expo*	Denmark	Cruiseferry	End of charter, returned to DFDS Seaways	Renamed Tor Scandinavia
28 March	German Navy	*Karlsruhe*			Sold to the Turkish Navy	Renamed Gelibolu (D360)
19 May	Polferries	*Rogalin*	Poland	Ferry	Chartered to Faraskip H/F	Renamed Edda
30 June	German Navy	*Emden*			Sold to the Turkish Navy	Renamed Gemlik (D361)
27 July	Royal Navy	*Dido*		Leander-class frigate	Sold to New Zealand	Renamed HMNZS Southland^[1]
Date unknown (prior to 29 August)	Karageorgis Line	*Wasa Star*	Sweden	Cruiseferry	Taken over by Rederi AB Gotland due to breaking of charter agreement by Vaasanlaivat-Vasabåtarna	Sold to Larvik Line, 29 August 1983
12 September	B&I Line	*Fennia*	Finland	Ferry	End of charter, returned to Svea Line (Finland)	Laid up until 1984
18 September	Faraskip H/F	*Edda*	Iceland	Ferry	End of charter from Polferries	Renamed Rogalin
29 November	Scandinavian World Cruises	*Scandinavia*	Bahamas	cruiseferry	Transferred to DFDS Seaways

Citations

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben & Bush, Steve (2020). Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (5th revised and updated ed.). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-9327-0.