We lost a lot of good ships in 2020… SO MANY cruise ships were scrapped during 2020 – these ships were victims of the lengthy and unprecedented cruise shutdown, caused by the COVID19 pandemic – a shutdown that continues into 2021!
The following cruise ships were sent to the scrapyards or repurposed during the cruise pause:

Costa Victoria In Service: July 1996 – June 2020 Fate: Withdrawn June 2020. Enroute to India for Scrapping.

Sovereign
Former Names: Sovereign of the Seas In Service : January 1988 – July 2020
Fate: Scrapped, Aliağa, Turkey

Monarch
Former Names: Monarch of the Seas
In Service: November 1991 – July 2020
Fate: Beached for Scrapping, Aliağa, Turkey

Carnival Fantasy
Former Names: Fantasy In Service: March 1990 – July 2020
Fate: Scrapped, Aliağa, Turkey

Carnival Inspiration
Former Names: Inspiration
In Service: March 1996 – July 2020
Fate: Beached for Scrapping, Aliağa, Turkey

Black Watch
Former Names: Star Odyssey, Westward, Royal Viking Star
In Service: June 1972 – August 2020
Fate: Sold to become accommodation ship, Turkey.

Boudicca
Former Names: SuperStar Capricorn, Golden Princess, Sunward, Royal Viking Sky
In Service: May 1972 – August 2020
Fate: Sold to become accommodation ship, Turkey.

Carnival Imagination
Former Names: Imagination In Service: June 1993 – September 2020
Fate: Beached for Scrapping, Aliağa, Turkey

Astor
Former Names: Fedor Dostoyevskiy
In Service: January 1987 – October 2020
Fate: Scrapping Underway, Aliağa, Turkey

Marco Polo
Former Names: Aleksandr Pushkin In Service: August 1965 – October 2020
Fate: Arrived at Alang, India for Scrapping

Marella Dream
Former Names: Thompson Dream, Costa Europa, Westerdam, Homeric In Service: May 1986 – October 2020
Fate: Sold for Scrap, Aliağa, Turkey

Karnika Former Names: Pacific Jewel, Ocean Village Two, AIDAblu, A’rosa Blu, Crown Princess
In Service: July 1990 October 2020
Fate: Beached for Scrapping, Alang, India

Grand Celebration
Former Names: Costa Celebration, Celebration In Service: March 1987 – November 2020
Fate: Awaiting Scrapping, India

Satoshi Former Names: Pacific Dawn, Regal Princess
In Service: August 1991 – December 2020
Fate: Sold for Scrap, Alang, India

Ocean Dream
Former Names: Pacific Star, Costa Tropicale, Tropicale In Service: January 1982 – December 2020
Fate: Beached for Scrap, Alang, India



▶ Images: My sincere thanks to Andrew SassoliWalker – https://www.solentphotographer.com/ for his wonderful imagery, and Vicki Cross for images of Costa Victoria.

Recycle symbol on thumbnail: Vicons Designs / The Noun Project / CC. By Attribution via Adobe Spark.

▶ Sovereign of the Seas YMVF CCBY2.0 https://bit.ly/3oPJdQk
▶ Sovereign WikiAlx CCBYSA3.0 https://bit.ly/3nH1dLn
▶ Sovereign Piergiuliano Chesi CCBYSA3.0 https://bit.ly/35EpdIY ▶ Sovereign Funnel Piergiuliano Chesi CCBYSA3.0 https://bit.ly/3icTow5
▶ Monarch of the Seas Sparrowman980 CCBYSA3.0 https://bit.ly/39OrDpV
▶ Monarch Funnel Pjotr Mahhonin CCBYSA4.0 https://bit.ly/3idavhh
▶ Monarch – Pjotr Mahhonin – CCBYSA4.0 https://bit.ly/3iihdCK
▶ Carnival Fantasy Lido Deck Arnold Reinhold CCBY2.0 https://bit.ly/3oNjA2P
▶ Carnival Fantasy Ron Cogswell CCBY2.0 https://bit.ly/2XIux9W
▶ Carnival Fascination Jonathan Schilling CCBYSA3.0 https://bit.ly/3bKSCFd
▶ Westerdam Marc Piché CCBYSA3.0 https://bit.ly/2LPrjPl
▶ Grand Celebration Cezar Suceveanu CCBYSA4.0 https://bit.ly/2LD5HFT
▶ Celebration Jon Worth CCBYSA2.0 https://bit.ly/38J5jhS
▶ Grand Celebration Przemyslaw Jahr Public Domain https://bit.ly/3svjpvo
▶ Carnival Tropicale Ocean History CCBYSA4.0 https://bit.ly/3rReRiA
▶Ocean Dream Funnel Pjotr Mahhonin CCBYSA4.0 https://bit.ly/3pMDmLK



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