Victoria (ship, 1936)
 As The Victoria in Fort-de-France, November 1986
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The Victoria was a passenger ship that was put into service in 1936 and scrapped in 2004 after an eventful career.
history
Dunnottar Castle (1936-1959)
The ship was built in 1936 as Dunnottar Castle under hull number 959 at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast . The launch took place on January 25, 1936. On June 27 of that year it was delivered to the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company in London and then used in the liner service from Southampton to Africa. The ship's home port was London.
After the outbreak of World War II , the ship was requisitioned by the Royal Navy , converted into an armed auxiliary cruiser and used by the Royal Navy. From 1942 to 1948 it served as a troop transport .
In 1948 the ship was returned to the Union-Castle Line and, after a corresponding conversion, was used again in the liner service from Southampton to Africa.
Victoria (1959-1977)
In 1958 the ship was bought by the Incres Steamship Co. and sailed under the Liberian flag with home port Monrovia. In 1959 the Victoria was converted into a cruise ship at the Wilton Fijenoord shipyard near Rotterdam . The ship also received new machinery. It was then used as the Victoria for cruises along the east coast of the United States and the Caribbean .
In 1964 the ship was sold to the Victoria Steamship Co in Monrovia , a subsidiary of the Swedish shipping company Clipper Line from Malmö , and continued to be used for cruises in the USA and the Caribbean until 1975. In 1975 the ship started sailing under the Greek flag with its home port in Piraeus.
The Victoria (1977-1993)
In 1977 the ship was sold to the Chandris shipping company and used as The Victoria for cruises in the Caribbean and Europe. In 1987 the ship was renovated.
Princesa Victoria (1993-2004)
In 1993 it was bought by Louis Cruise Lines , renovated and used for cruises in the Eastern Mediterranean under the name Princesa Victoria . She sailed under the Cypriot flag with her home port Limassol .
The ship was used as a hotel ship during the Expo 98 in Lisbon and laid up in Limassol in 1999 . From 2000, the Princesa Victoria was used again for cruises, in 2001 she served as a hotel ship as part of the G8 summit in Genoa , before being launched in the Bay of Eleusis from 2002 .
Victoria (2004)
In April 2004 the ship was renamed Victoria and from August 7, 2004 it was scrapped in Alang ( India ).
