Cruise / Pax Ships that never sailed...except on drawing board.

[Ship's Agent]

Dear Friends,

Allow me to start a new thread concerning ships that were intended to sail, but never did so...so, here it goes:-

1) HAL - never build project

2) QUEEN VICTORIA ( 1) - presently P & O's ARCADIA

3) QUEEN ELIZABETH 3

4) POLARIS - Polaris Cruise Line Sweden

5) NCL - never build project...

Other projects are welcome.......just tell us!!!

[Ellinis]

No.4 (the POLARIS) was the -at that time- AQUAMARINE. She was supposed to be sold to Polaris Cruises but apparently the deal felt through...

[Ellinis]

Back in 1991, a new firm named Swedish American Cruises, ordered a 12,000 grt (150 x 21.1 m) vessel at C.N.Ferrari to place them in the incentive & conference travel business.

The plans were soon cancelled.

swedish american cruise.jpg

[Finnpartner_1966]

No.4 (the POLARIS) was the -at that time- AQUAMARINE. She was supposed to be sold to Polaris Cruises but apparently the deal felt through...

And went to Epirotiki instead, becoming their Odysseus!!

[Ship's Agent]

Again some more ships that never cruises:

1) ROYAL VENTURE CRUISE LINES - MV SUN VENTURE

royal venture cruise line.jpg

2) CUNARD LINES 60-70'S - QUEEN ELIZABETH III project 1 and 2

PROJECT 1

qe3 b.jpg

PROJECT 2

QE3.jpg

qe3 c.jpg

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Comments are welcome!

Cheers!

Ship's Agent

[Ellinis]

2) CUNARD LINES 60-70'S - QUEEN ELIZABETH III project 1 and 2

PROJECT 1

qe3 b.jpg

I guess that the mast also acted as something like a funnel? Don't like it.
The lines of the after part resembles the ones of QE2 while the funnel looks like the one of the 1959 Rotterdam...

PROJECT 2

QE3.jpg

qe3 c.jpg

qe3d.jpg

A bit more conventional than Project 1. Really don't like that huge mast/funnel. The forward superstructure reminds me of CANBERRA, while the rest of the lines are more close to SAGAFJORD's.

[Ellinis]

Again some more ships that never cruises:

1) ROYAL VENTURE CRUISE LINES - MV SUN VENTURE

royal venture cruise line.jpg

Royal Venture Cruise Line was an interesting venture that the Greek-American Takis Kyriakides tried to start in 1995/6. Initially he wanted to charter CTC's Gruziya as his Royal Venture, then Ukraina as Sea Venture and finally Lelakis' defunct Regent Sun as his Sun Venture.

Kyriakides was also the person that owned the never-completed SEA VENTURE back in 1992, as well as the TROPICANA (ex-PRINCES PAOLA).

He also run the VASCO DA GAMA/SEAWIND CROWN for a time.

[rd77]

Great thread! Attached is a rendering of the SEA AMERICA project. These were meant to be 2 US-flag cruise ships for the business conference biz. Never built (unfortunately).

[Ellinis]

Welcome aboard rd77!
When was this project run?

[rd77]

Hi Ellinis,

I believe this project was worked on around the year 2000. After the 9/11 attacks, it disappeared from the radar.

Brgds.
Ralph