List of ship decommissionings in 1990

The list of ship decommissionings in 1990 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1990.

Date	Operator	Ship	Flag	Class and type	Fate	Other notes
January	Royal Admiral Cruises	*Stardancer*	Bahamas	Cruiseferry	Sold to Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines	Renamed Viking Serenade
6 February	CTC Cruises	*Alexandr Pushkin*	Soviet Union	Ivan Franko-class passenger ship	Returned to Far Eastern Shipping Company, laid up	Sold to Orient Lines, 1991; renamed Marco Polo, entered service 1993
6 March	Jakob Lines	*Botnia Express*	Finland	Ferry	Returned to Vaasanlaivat-Vasabåtarna	Re-chartered to Baltic Express Line, but never entered service; laid up in Vaasa; sold to Eckerö Linjen in 1992
April	Rederi AB Slite	*Viking Sally*	Finland	Cruiseferry	End of charter	Transferred to Silja Line; renamed Silja Star
5 May	Silja Line	*Finlandia*	Finland	Cruiseferry	Sold to Scandinavian Seaways	Renamed Queen of Scandinavia
21 May	Olau Line	*Olau Britannia*	West Germany	Cruiseferry	Sold to Fred Olsen Lines	Renamed Bayard
May	Europe Cruise Line	*Eurosun*	Bermuda	Cruise ship	Chartered to Sea Containers	Renamed Orient Express
1 June	Scandinavian Seaways	*Dana Regina*	Denmark	Ferry	Sold to Nordström & Thulin	Renamed Nord Estonia for EstLine traffic
18 October	Stena Line (Canada)	*Crown Princess Victoria*	Sweden	Ferry	Laid up	Sold to Starlite Cruises in December, renamed Pacific Star
14 September	Jahre Line	*Prinsesse Ragnhild*	Norway	Cruiseferry	Transferred to Color Line	Continued on same route
October	Jahre Line	*Kronprins Harald*	Norway	Cruiseferry	Transferred to Color Line	Continued on same route
November	Silja Line	*Silja Star*	Finland	Cruiseferry	Transferred to Wasa Line	Renamed Wasa King
November	Sea Containers	*Orient Express*	Bermuda	Cruise ship	End of charter, returned to Europe Cruise Line	Renamed Eurosun
1 December	Royal Navy	*Achilles*		Leander-class frigate	Decommissioned	Sold to Chile, renamed Ministro Zenteno^[1]
29 December	Fred. Olsen Lines	*Braemar*	Norway	Cruiseferry	Laid up	Chartered to Baltic Line, 1991; renamed Anna Karenina
Date uncertain	Royal Navy	*Danae*		Leander-class frigate	Decommissioned	Sold to Ecuador, renamed Morán Valverde
Date uncertain	Sigma Ferries	*Neraida II*	Greece	Ferry	Sold to Ventouris Ferries	Renamed Ydra

Citations

Bibliography

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.

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