stella maris

[bandgbasset]

hi everyone:

 

we cruised on the stella maris back in 1989 from nice to venice, what a wonderful little greek ship, the crew did all the waitstaff and the shows, it was a great cruise. anyone know what happened to her?

 

dave and gerry

[dougnewmanatsea]

Sun Line merged with Epirotiki to found Royal Olympic (now defunct) in 1995. They sold her in 1999 to Viking River Cruises; she was their first oceangoing ship. They renamed her VIKING BORDEAUX and then BORDEAUX but only used her until 2001 when she was laid-up in the Netherlands. To my knowledge, she remains there today, though there had ben rumblings that she had been sold.

 

A good page with information and photos on this lovely little ship can be seen here.

 

As the slightly larger STELLA OCEANIS and the legendary STELLA SOLARIS were scrapped last year, I believe the former STELLA MARIS is the last remaining former Sun Line ship.

[bandgbasset]

hi doug:

 

thanks so much for the link, it sure was good to see how well taken care of she is. just looked through all my daily "patters", have a few postcards also, and also saved the brochure lol. i haven't been on too many cruises, but this is one of our favorites. i will keep checking, maybe someday we can sail her again.

 

again, thanks so much for answering.

 

gerry

[AJL]

Hi Doug!

 

I noticed in Equasis that she was renamed MADAGASCAR in April '05 and is owned by the Ukrainian company Omiks. Don't know however what's happening with her...

[dougnewmanatsea]

Hi Aleksi! Been way too long since I've heard from you :) .

 

I have it in the back of my mind that she has been sold to some African outfit... And I guess in that context, the name MADAGASCAR fits.

 

I know I read something about her recently, but do not remember what - I will now try to dig it up and see what I can find.