MV Lisboa

MV Lisboa was a Portuguese cruise liner owned by Portuscale Cruises. The ship was designed by Harland & Wolff as a freighter in Belfast built and ran in 1954 as Port Melbourne, a fast cargo liner for Port Line's UK-Australia express service. She was planned to be rebuilt as a car ferry, the Therisos Express, but instead became the cruise ship Danae. In later years, she was named Starlight Express, Baltica, and then Princess Danae.[1]

Costa Danae in St. Thomas, 1982
Port Melbourne
MV Lisboa
MV Lisboa (as Princess Danae) in Corfu harbor, 2008
History
Portugal
Name:
  • Port Melbourne (1955-1972)
  • Therisos Express (1972?-1975?)
  • Danae (1975-1992)
  • Starlight Express (1992?-1994?)
  • Baltica (1994-1996)
  • Princess Danae (1996-2013)
  • Lisboa (2013-2015) [1]
Namesake: Lisbon (Lisboa in Portuguese)
Owner: Portuscale Cruises
Operator:
  • Port Line (1955-1972)
  • Delian Cruises (1975-1979)
  • Costa Cruises (1979-1990)
  • Prestige Cruises (1990-1992)
  • Classic International Cruises (1996-2012)
  • Portuscale Cruises (2013)
  • Unknown French Operator (2015) [1][2]
Port of registry:
Builder: Harland and Wolff
Launched: 10 March 1955
Christened: 1955
Identification:
Fate: Scrapped 2015
General characteristics
Tonnage: 16531 t
Length: 162.30 m
Beam: 21.34 m
Draught: 7.65 m
Decks: 8
Installed power: 9708 kw
Propulsion: 2 × Wallsend-Doxford 6 cylinder Diesel
Speed: 15.5 kn
Capacity: 670 passengers
Costa Danae

From 1994 until 2012, the ship was operated by Classic International Cruises as the Princess Danae. In late summer of 2012, the ship was detained in Dublin, Ireland for the non-payment of a fuel bill.[3] Early in 2013, she was bought by the recently created Portuguese cruise company Portuscale Cruises and renamed Lisboa. She was scrapped at Aliağa on 24 July 2015.[4] Her sister ship was the Princess Daphne, built as Port Sydney.

References
  1. "Danae". Simplon. Ian Boyle/Simplon Postcards. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. "Is Portuscale Cruises in Trouble? (Updated 13/3/2014)". travelswithanthony. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  3. Coulter, Adam (5 October 2012). "Fourth Ship from Classic International Fleet Arrested". Cruise Critic. The Independent Traveller Inc. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  4. "Lisboa (5282483)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
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